Re: Learning troff - where to start?

[Mike Bianchi]

> Isn't it sad that nothing more modern is available?

Since it is open source,
it might make sense to have a team produce a groff version?
                                                                        Mike

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On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:26:27AM +1100, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 at 22:49:03 +0200, J.-J. wrote:
> > Le mardi 13 octobre 2020 � 14:41 +0200, Johann H�chtl a �crit :
> >> * What would be a good starting point (tutorial) into troff and its
> >> core principles?
> >>
> >> * What is the canonical documentation of troff all the existing
> >> implementations seem to derive from and describe their deltas in
> >> their respective documentation?
> >
> > Here is in my opinion the best book on the subject
> > (and it's now  FREE!) :
> >
> > https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/utp/
> 
> An excellent book, and one that I have used a lot.  But nobody can
> claim that it's up-to-date (it predates groff), and there are many
> features in groff that weren't in the troff version described.  Isn't
> it sad that nothing more modern is available?
> 
> Greg
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