On Thu, Mar 06, 2014, "Robert Thorsby" wrote: > However, the groff project has been looking for a new leader for a > long time -- since Werner first announced his intention to step > aside. I, for one, am very glad that someone of Peter's calibre is > being slowly shoehorned into the role. I suspect that most people > have been silent for fear of spooking the prey (that's enough mixed > metaphors for one paragraph).
> Peter, you probably missed the quiet request for a leader to step > forward. If you look around, you will see that we have all taken a > step backwards -- and all of us (or, perhaps, all but one) are > applauding. I guess this, along with Eric's extraordinarily kind words, means I'd better step up to the plate, eh? Provided everyone's comfortable with it. There's much I don't know about taking the lead in a project like groff, so I'll be asking for help from those who've had lead experience, at least until I get my sea legs. A character in _Fahrenheit 451_ says at one point, "I got smart by thrusting my ignorance into other people's faces," or words to that effect, and I think it's a fine motto. I don't take offense easily, and criticism is just part of learning, so don't tread on eggshells if you have comments about my performance. As for groff itself, and good typography, I care about them passionately, for reasons it would take a book to explain. We're all the same, I think. Together--list subscribers and those involved in active development--let's show a certain semantic nut he's wrong about the future of the printed page. :) -- Peter Schaffter http://www.schaffter.ca
