On Sun Jul 24, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT, Larry McVoy wrote:
> Am I the only person who thinks that have *roff documentation in a different
> markup is crazy?
>
> I wrote a couple source management systems, this is like I was storing
> BitKeeper in Git. That says I trust Git but not my own code.
>
> Has anyone proposed redoing the texinfo stuff in Groff? If not, why not?
(I by no means speak for Groff; correct me if this is wrong.)
It’s a bit different when it comes to documentation because:
1. People might need to read the documentation for a format’s tools
before they can read files in that format (this isn’t the case for
Groff specifically, but a manual page isn’t always the best
introduction)
2. Some people prefer different formats and might be more inclined to
use a tool if it’s documented in a format accessible to them
3. There is also documentation written in *roff
Cheers,
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DJ Chase
They, Them, Theirs
