Re: Groff examples repository

2021-09-14 Thread Thomas Dupond
Hi Ingo, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > I added a link to it to > > https://mandoc.bsd.lv/links.html Thank you :) . > I think on your start page, you ought to add a link to > > https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/ . Of course! It seemed so obvious but I forgot it! > Since John

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-30 Thread Thomas Dupond
Dave Kemper wrote: > On 8/25/21, Thomas Dupond wrote: > > The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at > > https://froude.eu/groff and on geminispace at gemini://froude.eu/groff > > Fantastic! Thanks so much for putting this together. > > I se

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread John Gardner
> > Since John Gardner will (rightly) insist that examples of mdoc(7) code are > nothing more than mere examples of roff(7) code To quote Heisenberg: *"You're goddamn right."* ;-) The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at > https://froude.eu/groff >

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
Am Sonntag, 29. August 2021, 22:46:54 CEST schrieb Thomas Dupond: > Heinz-Jürgen Oertel wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > in the past for technical papers I often used dformat: > > > > https://noxz.tech/guides/groff/papers/dformat_--_a_program_for_typesetting_data_formats__142.pdf > > This is excellent,

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Thomas, sorry for the afterthought... Ingo Schwarze wrote on Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 07:34:56PM +0200: > https://mandoc.bsd.lv/mdoc/ Even if you consider mdoc(7) off-topic, you definitely want to link to these two pages: https://mandoc.bsd.lv/mdoc/details/recursion.html

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Thomas, On 8/25/21, Thomas Dupond wrote: > The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at > https://froude.eu/groff and on geminispace at gemini://froude.eu/groff Nice. I added a link to it to https://mandoc.bsd.lv/links.html I think on your start page, you ought

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Dave Kemper
On 8/25/21, Thomas Dupond wrote: > The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at > https://froude.eu/groff and on geminispace at gemini://froude.eu/groff Fantastic! Thanks so much for putting this together. I see that each page has a link to the source mailing list po

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Keith Marshall
On 28/08/2021 17:14, Douglas McIlroy wrote: > A small anomaly. Consider > > .de . > .tm Hi > ,.. > .. I'm guessing that the comma, before the first ".." is an unintended introduction? > The second .. emits "Hi". This fragment also emits "Hi": > > .de end end > .tm Hi >

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2021-08-28T12:14:17-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote: > - > > A small anomaly. Consider > > .de . > .tm Hi > ,.. > .. > > The second .. emits "Hi". This fragment also emits "Hi": > > .de end end > .tm Hi >

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
Am Mittwoch, 25. August 2021, 18:50:56 CEST schrieb Thomas Dupond: > > > As noted on the first page, feel free to email me any macro you find > interesting, I will put it online as soon as I can :) . Hi, in the past for technical papers I often used dformat:

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-28 Thread Thomas Dupond
Douglas McIlroy wrote: > https://froude.eu/groff/examples/reflow.html is a very cleanly written and > interesting demo. The following comments might perfect it even further. > > It would be helpful to remark that .YY is a dumping ground, never to be > used. > > Point out that EB need not be

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-28 Thread Douglas McIlroy
https://froude.eu/groff/examples/reflow.html is a very cleanly written and interesting demo. The following comments might perfect it even further. It would be helpful to remark that .YY is a dumping ground, never to be used. Point out that EB need not be defined. It carries the .tm for the demo,

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-26 Thread Thomas Dupond
Oliver Corff wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > a very nice collection this is! Thanks! > One little typo in the overview, "Relowing the text [...]" should be > "Reflowing [...]". Fixed it and some other typos (should have run aspell sooner). > Best wishes, > > Oliver. Regards, Thomas

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-25 Thread Oliver Corff
Hi Thomas, a very nice collection this is! One little typo in the overview, "Relowing the text [...]" should be "Reflowing [...]". Best wishes, Oliver. On 8/25/21 6:50 PM, Thomas Dupond wrote: Hi everyone, The Groff examples repository is now available on the web

Groff examples repository

2021-08-25 Thread Thomas Dupond
Hi everyone, The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at https://froude.eu/groff and on geminispace at gemini://froude.eu/groff They have exactly the same content and I plan to make it available on the gopherspace. Sorry it took such a long time. As noted on the first page

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-15 Thread Wim Stockman
Hi Thomas, I have my gopher and Gemini server up and running almost for a year now. So I can mirror the groff section on my gopher and Gemini capsule. The url of my Gemini and gopher are yasendfile.org. I also have no problem to dedicate some time to this little projects. I don't know if you

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-15 Thread Thomas Dupond
Hans Bezemer wrote: > One of the advantages is that users can submit their own > snippets. Wim Stockman wrote: > Maybe create some managed wikipage > So the community can contribute to it. As much as I enjoy the kind words around this project, I would like to say that my trade is not related

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-14 Thread Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
Am Mittwoch, 14. Juli 2021, 22:52:39 CEST schrieb Wim Stockman: > Maybe create some managed wikipage > So the community can contribute to it. > kind regards > Wim Stockman +1 -- mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Halle (Saale) Heinz-Jürgen Oertel

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-14 Thread Wim Stockman
Maybe create some managed wikipage So the community can contribute to it. kind regards Wim Stockman Op wo 14 jul. 2021 om 09:18 schreef 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

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-14 Thread 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

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-13 Thread Wim Stockman
This is fantastic :-). Op di 13 jul. 2021 om 04:41 schreef Dave Kemper : > On 7/12/21, Thomas Dupond 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

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-12 Thread Dave Kemper
On 7/12/21, Thomas Dupond 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

groff-examples repository

2021-07-12 Thread Thomas Dupond
Dave Kemper wrote: > These would be great candidates for the groff-examples repository that > I keep trying to trick someone into creating and maintaining > (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2021-05/msg00059.html). So > far no one has fallen for it. I'm skimming through