On Thu, Jul 13, 2006, Ted Harding wrote: > and there is groff -- described as "Document formatting system". > There also is LaTeX -- described as "Typesetting system". > > I feel groff is a bit slighted by this, since it is as much > a typesetting system as LaTeX is! I suspect that the groff > description carries the burden of groff's role in formatting > man-pages, i.e. supporting Unix-style documentation, which > masks its true merits as a typesetting system.
Funny you should mention this. The most common comment I get with people who are coming to groff for the first time via the mom macros is: "I didn't know groff could typeset. I thought it was just for manpages." -- Peter Schaffter _______________________________________________ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff
