Re: [Groff] Compression support for files?

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Steffen,

> And i like to have a choice; having a choice is the essence of freedom

The free in free software doesn't mean everyone gets to add their
favourite features into the canonical source of a program;  a mess would
result.

If you really want programs to handle compressed files then investigate
zlibc instead, an LD_PRELOAD library that intercepts open(2) and
friends.  http://www.zlibc.linux.lu/install.html
That keeps the code separate to each program and gives just one thing to
improve.

Cheers, Ralph.