Re: groff-examples repository

[Hans Bezemer]

To have a place where groff examples can be found would be
great!

I would like to add a suggestion.

I've used lilypond frequently to typeset scores.
They have a snippet-repository[1] which I found very useful
at the time.

One of the advantages is that users can submit their own
snippets.

Kind regards,

Hans
[1] https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/html/whatsthis.html

On 21/07/13 09:06AM, Wim Stockman wrote:
> This is fantastic :-).
> 
> 
> Op di 13 jul. 2021 om 04:41 schreef Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>:
> 
> > On 7/12/21, Thomas Dupond <thomas@dupond.eu> wrote:
> > > I'm skimming through the archives to try to create such a document
> >
> > Fantastic!
> >
> > > it is taking a lot of time since it goes back to 1999
> >
> > Happily, the entire archives don't need to be scoured at once.  Having
> > something out there in incomplete form is better than having nothing
> > out there; it can always be expanded as you or others have the chance
> > to peruse more of the email archive and find new things.
> >
> > Here are a few that I've found useful at various times.
> >
> > Typesetting arbitrary fractions
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2005-11/msg00029.html
> > (with a caveat in
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2013-09/msg00022.html)
> >
> > Rotating or reversing characters (PostScript ouptut only)
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2000-08/msg00068.html
> >
> > Reflowing text several times to determine an optimum configuration
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2008-12/msg00006.html
> >
> > Outputting cut marks
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2008-12/msg00024.html
> >
> > Command-line utility to show all the potential hyphenation points
> > groff knows for a word
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2018-11/msg00023.html
> >
> > and of course the strchr / strrchr macros that kick-started the
> > present discussion
> > http://lists.gnu.org:443/archive/html/groff/2021-06/msg00101.html
> >
> > > I wondered what would be actually eligible to end up in the document.
> > >
> > > I'm currently keeping examples using native groff syntax but I'm
> > > hesitant on including personal macro sets posted to the mailing list.
> >
> > The great thing about volunteering to start a project is you get to
> > dictate its ground rules. :-)
> >
> >