My only use of macros was the man macros package when I produced the
HP-UX reference at HP, starting in 1985. Otherwise, I write my own
macros to do what I need and they've served me well for over 20 years.
My first use of my own macros was when I used troff to create master
artwork for printed-
... and my tuppenceworth
On Sun, 9 Feb 2014 11:59:18 -0500
Mike Bianchi wrote:
> My 2 cents.
>
> I learned nroff/troff in the mid 1970s, and have used it, almost
> exclusively, ever since. It is what I know in my spine.
I'm exactly the same.
> The MM
> macros are my presentation format of c
My 2 cents.
I learned nroff/troff in the mid 1970s, and have used it, almost exclusively,
ever since. It is what I know in my spine. The MM macros are my presentation
format of choice, for the same reason.
But my criticism of groff, and HTML, TeX etc., is that presentation and
formating are hor