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Re: [groff] Design and Implementation of *roff
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Yves Cloutier |
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Re: [groff] Design and Implementation of *roff |
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Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:49:31 -0500 |
Thanks for the heads up Gaius, I've just clicked the "order" button!
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 11:41 AM Gaius Mulley <address@hidden>
wrote:
> Yves Cloutier <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm in search of any documentation that provides insight into the design
> > and implementation of a *roff.
> >
> > I know source code exists for a few implementations like Plan 9,
> Heirloom,
> > Groff and Neatroff.
> >
> > However what I'm in search of is something a bit more high-level than
> > source code. Rather some design/implementation documentation that
> explains
> > an *approach* to implementing a *roff.
> >
> > Would anyone know if anything like this exists?
>
> I'd have a look at:
>
> Software Tools in Pascal by Brian W. Kernighan and P.J. Plauger
>
> I found it pretty interesting to see how the macro processor can be run
> before the low-level roff commands and how the very very basic roff was
> implemented. Many gems in the book - really like the getchar, putchar
> definition/implementation. However it is light years away from a
> complete groff though - but as a starting point it is great,
>
>
>
>
> regards,
> Gaius
>