[Groff] Simplifying groff documentation

2006-12-22 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Werner LEMBERG [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Who is the person currently responsible for groff? Is it still you? Yep. Awaiting your commands. So I see from the groff project page, which I should have checked first. Copying to Ted Harding and the groff list, which I just subscribed to. I want to

[Groff] RE: Simplifying groff documentation

2006-12-22 Thread Ted Harding
I'll respond (in general sympathetically) to various points in Eric Raymond's manifesto. Most of the rest is snipped. On 22-Dec-06 Eric S. Raymond wrote: Werner LEMBERG [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Who is the person currently responsible for groff? Is it still you? Yep. Awaiting your commands.

Re: OK [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation

2006-12-22 Thread M Bianchi
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 06:19:15PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: : But I hear you asking Why fix what ain't broken?. : The philosophical issue this raises about groff's place in the world is simple: are we willing to accept that it's a legacy rather than a primary format?