On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Jamie Honan wrote: > On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:40:36PM +0000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > > On Mon 11 Mar, [EMAIL PROTECTED] bloviated thus: > > > > > Eh? I use it all the time. Unless you mean, "use groff instead"? I > > > have to agree, that I think nowadays the groff version of troff is > > > better than the original, as of about last year. > > > > No, don't use troff or groff. There are _FAR_ better ways to lay out > > a document that don't have you learning incredibly obscure commands > > and syntax. Troff has had its day. > > I have to disagree. > > > > it's almost fast enough to do interactively. > > > > My point precisely. Use something that _IS_ interactive, or at least > > something that is a bit easier to learn. > > I find there are lots of situations where the simplest and/or fastest > way is to use groff. That includes any learning. > > There are also lots of situations where it isn't. This would include > interactive and non-interactive usage. > > Groff is not a shrine, an homage to the good old days. It is not a > case of bit rot, waiting for release from collective computer memories. > > It remains, under certain circumstances, an optimum solution in a > trade-off between size, learning curve, usability, functionality and speed. > > That it reamins so is a tribute to the original minds behind it.
Yeah!.. We create all our purchase orders with Groff!.. It rocks especially with Tables and -ms macros.. The only gripe, is the lack of documentation... I had to resort to filching the man pages from an old SyS-V machine on some of the more obscure aspects (like tables) of groff and it's macros. -- Anthony Rumble - Managing Director EverythingLinux.com.au - The Alternative Operating System Store LinuxHelp.com.au - Support,Training,Development,Consulting Phone: 0500 500 368 Direct 02-9712-1799 Fax 02-9712-3977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
