Re: [Groff] macro wrappers

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Werner> So
> 
> Werner>   groff -ms mydoc.ms
> 
> Werner> will call the UNIX ms version, while
> 
> Werner>   groff -mgs mydoc.ms
> 
> Werner> uses groff's ms macros.
> 
> Understood.  The implication, however, is that if I say
> 
>     groff -ms mydoc.ms
> 
> then mydoc.ms will be processed in compatibility mode on one system
> and not on another.  The change to the wrappers that I suggested
> would change that behavior: Instead, if you wanted mydoc to be
> processed in compatibility mode, you would say
> 
>     groff -ms -C mydoc.ms
> 
> and otherwise it wouldn't.

This is exactly what I want to implement.  With -C the old ms macros
are used, without -C the groff macros.


    Werner