> I run groff on windows a lot, but via cygwin, which I > believe means that mainline POSIX stuff works. I am > inclined to think that if you like the groff toolset, > you are likely to want other Unix capability, too, > and thus gravitate towards facilities like cygwin.
I admit I don't have much to contribute to this discussion, but I haven't seen GOW mentioned yet, so I figure I'd bring it up for those who'd be interested: https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow GOW stands for "GNU on Windows"; it's a lightweight alternative to Cygwin. Makes developing on Windows so much more bearable... On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 08:58, Doug McIlroy <d...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote: > > I run groff on windows a lot, but via cygwin, which I > believe means that mainline POSIX stuff works. I am > inclined to think that if you like the groff toolset, > you are likely to want other Unix capability, too, > and thus gravitate towards facilities like cygwin. > > >
