Re: groff-examples repository

[Wim Stockman]

This is fantastic :-).


Op di 13 jul. 2021 om 04:41 schreef Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>:

> On 7/12/21, Thomas Dupond <thomas@dupond.eu> 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 having nothing
> out there; it can always be expanded as you or others have the chance
> to peruse more of the email archive and find new things.
>
> Here are a few that I've found useful at various times.
>
> Typesetting arbitrary fractions
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2005-11/msg00029.html
> (with a caveat in
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2013-09/msg00022.html)
>
> Rotating or reversing characters (PostScript ouptut only)
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2000-08/msg00068.html
>
> Reflowing text several times to determine an optimum configuration
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2008-12/msg00006.html
>
> Outputting cut marks
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2008-12/msg00024.html
>
> Command-line utility to show all the potential hyphenation points
> groff knows for a word
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2018-11/msg00023.html
>
> and of course the strchr / strrchr macros that kick-started the
> present discussion
> http://lists.gnu.org:443/archive/html/groff/2021-06/msg00101.html
>
> > I wondered what would be actually eligible to end up in the document.
> >
> > I'm currently keeping examples using native groff syntax but I'm
> > hesitant on including personal macro sets posted to the mailing list.
>
> The great thing about volunteering to start a project is you get to
> dictate its ground rules. :-)
>
>