Re: [Groff] Re: new grotty format

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > I like the colour output, and am tempted to say "push it out to everyone
> > as fast as possible", but it just isn't worth it yet when the support is
> > so limited.
> 
> Could SGR be added as a runtime option (with the default the
> way it is currently) for those who want it?  Or, alternatively,
> could separate grotty & grosgr postprocessors be created?
> People who want SGR escapes now & don't care about the older
> method could do something like:
> 
>       rm grotty; ln -s grosgr grotty  
> 
> Having both available, and "officially" deprecating grotty,
> might prompt maintainers of pagers etc. to convert over.

It's not clear to me why your idea should be better than grotty's -c
switch.


    Werner