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Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation
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Eric S. Raymond |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:36:09 -0500 |
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Gunnar Ritter <address@hidden>:
> > In general I might agree with you. However, .EX/.EE and .DS/.DE
> > have a couple of interesting properties:
> >
> > 1. They are, by far, the most commonly invoked man macros that don't
> > exist. :-) That is, significant numbers of man-page writers think they're
> > there already.
>
> How significant?
I can't tell you that immediately, as I'd have to run a full test with
some special instrumentation; that takes about 90 minutes. I'll put
it on the queue for my next one.
I can tell you this much: .EX/.EE was part of the Ultrix/OSF macro set,
so it shows up on a lot of Unix heirloom pages.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, (continued)
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/24
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/12/23
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/24
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/24
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/24
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/12/26
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/26
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/27
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/27
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/27
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- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/12/27
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/27
- Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/12/27
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