> Does anyone know the reason for the following convention? > > $ find -name "*.tmac-*" > ./contrib/hdtbl/hdmisc.tmac-u > ./contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac-u > ./contrib/mom/om.tmac-u > ./tmac/e.tmac-u > ./tmac/doc.tmac-u > ./tmac/doc-old.tmac-u
If my memory serves me well, the `u' stands for `uncompressed', i.e., without comments and indentation removed. Bertrand removed the functionality to install stripped tmac files, IIRC — computers are much faster today, so this is (probably?) no longer needed. Werner