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Re: [Groff] Modified 1976 28.tbl ms document --
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Groff] Modified 1976 28.tbl ms document -- |
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Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:51:04 +0200 (CEST) |
> I have a modified copy (the original also) of the (dated) 1976, USD
> 28.tbl man(?) page written using the ms macro package. It is the
> only document that I have seen that describes, with a lot of
> examples, the format syntax for tbl(1).
Have you ever looked at the manpage of groff's `tbl' preprocessor?
While not containing much examples, it completely documents all
options and features.
Or to ask it differently: What's missing in this manpage but present
in your `28.tbl' document?
> Would the groff folks be interested in something like this? Or is
> tbl passe' in the current millenia.
Given that `28.tbl' certainly doesn't have a GNU copyright. I would
rather prefer that groff's `tbl' manpage gets extended in case
something is missing or badly described.
Having a tutorial for groff would be nice, too, but this should *not*
be in the man format but rather ms or something similar
(cf. `pic.ms').
Werner