Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Dorai Sitaram
For those used to LaTeX, there is a pca-ix.tmac in my github.com/ds26gte/mpca that can be used for index generation in -ms documents, using the same 'makeindex' program that LaTeX relies on, and which is available separately and freely for all *nix-y systems. Usage: .IX text to be indexed It has

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Thu, 12 Nov 2015, Jones, Larry wrote: In conjunction with .IX or similar facilities, you can use the makeindex program that is typically used for formatting TeX/LaTeX indexes, you just need a troff style file. That's how the index in the ISO C Standard (which is formatted with groff and MM)

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Jones, Larry
In conjunction with .IX or similar facilities, you can use the makeindex program that is typically used for formatting TeX/LaTeX indexes, you just need a troff style file. That's how the index in the ISO C Standard (which is formatted with groff and MM) is produced. -Larry -Original Messag

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015, Peter Schaffter wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2015, carsten.ku...@arcor.de wrote: Consider that groff itself is somehow like plainTeX. You may need a macro package for creating documents. But traditional macro packages do (AFAIK) not provide TOC, index, cross references *compare

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015, Peter Schaffter wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2015, carsten.ku...@arcor.de wrote: Consider that groff itself is somehow like plainTeX. You may need a macro package for creating documents. But traditional macro packages do (AFAIK) not provide TOC, index, cross references *compare

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015, carsten.ku...@arcor.de wrote: > Consider that groff itself is somehow like plainTeX. You may > need a macro package for creating documents. But traditional > macro packages do (AFAIK) not provide TOC, index, cross references > *compared to LaTeX*. Up to now I did not test t

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015, Clarke Echols wrote: I started using troff in 1985. I've been using groff since 2009. Myself since 1978. There are others on this list which go back longer. I used troff to produce the HP-UX Reference (Unix man pages manual for HP for most of five years (3000 pages in 3

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread carsten . kunze
Consider that groff itself is somehow like plainTeX. You may need a macro package for creating documents. But traditional macro packages do (AFAIK) not provide TOC, index, cross references *compared to LaTeX*. Up to now I did not test the MOM macros (http://www.schaffter.ca/mom/mom-01.html) b

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Clarke Echols
I started using troff in 1985. I've been using groff since 2009. I used troff to produce the HP-UX Reference (Unix man pages manual for HP for most of five years (3000 pages in 3 volumes at HP-UX 9.0). I also used it (with my own macros to lay out and create the artwork for printed circuits for

Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Volker Wolfram
On 11/11/15 17:32, Joh-Tob Schäg wrote: Dear groff-mailing list, i seached for an alternative to latex and found groff. Sadly i found no IRC or something where i could ask directly. But before i invest time in groff or some macro system, i wanted to know if it fits my needs. These are: -support

[Groff] Does groff match my needs?

2015-11-11 Thread Joh-Tob Schäg
Dear groff-mailing list, i seached for an alternative to latex and found groff. Sadly i found no IRC or something where i could ask directly. But before i invest time in groff or some macro system, i wanted to know if it fits my needs. These are: -support for ä,ü,ö,Ä... -supporting word division f