On 18-Jan-11 21:27:52, Doug McIlroy wrote: >> I have been contemplating for a long time putting together >> a connected account > > Cheers! I really miss having concise yet complete online > documentation for much Gnu software (pace Texinfo). One shouldn't > have to scrounge around obscure history websites to find out > how to use it. (I flip back and forth between my dog-eared > 10th-edition Unix manual and man pages for Gnu extensions, > and wonder how folks who don't own antique references survive.) > > Eric Raymond's Pic reference is a good demonstration that > all need not be downhill from Kernighan. Pity the Gnu Pic > man page doesn't even mention this good document that comes > with the Groff distribution. > > Ted and Cedric deserve all the encouragement they can get. > > Doug > (editor of 7th-10th edition manuals)
Thanks for the encouragement, Doug! It helped to push me over the hill of actually getting started. It is in a very early stage as yet, and so far is 3 pages into a basic introduction (intended for beginners with eqn, though it will assume that readers know their way around troff). I would welcome comments and suggestions as I proceed, so I shall be putting the current draft up on my web-page as it progresses. The latest version is at http://www.zen89632.zen.co.uk/Groff/Eqn/eqnguide.pdf and it will be updated from time to time. Comments (off-list if you prefer) welcome! Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 20-Jan-11 Time: 19:04:49 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
