Peter Schaffter <pe...@schaffter.ca>:
> Larry's correct, too, about transforming groff markup to other
> languages. As Steve can attest, I think, it's generally simpler to
> convert groff markup into acceptable XML than to produce good pdfs
> from XML filtered through groff.
Automated groff to XML is hard, but with enough work on the translation
logic you can actually get very high-quality structural conversion. groff
to XML to HTML via doclifter produces better HTML than any of the direct
groff -> HTML tools.
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