I wrote: > I'm talking specifically about the source of the word "groff", not all > the uses of the word roff that litter. CSTR 54 doesn't mention `roff' > IIRC, e.g. to refer to the language. GNU groff wasn't an FSF > implementation of roff, but troff, etc. Perhaps it's Bernd coinage.
https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/ says GNU troff (groff) — a GNU project Groff (GNU troff) is a typesetting system... It does not mention "roff". There is no "GNU roff" project; it's the GNU groff project. Smells of retronym by the writer of history. :-) I think all "GNU roff" mentions in groff's source are plain wrong. Most roff mentions are faulty for abusing a term that died out in the 1970s, along with Ossanna's roff program when it was superseded by nroff and troff. -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
