Re: Richard Steven's Macros

[Meg McRoberts]

 Whoops, forgot to include the link:
W. Richard Stevens' Home Page

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    On Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 03:26:30 AM PDT, Meg McRoberts via 
<groff@gnu.org> wrote:  
 
  Rich's homepage is still available.  Maybe it will give some clues?  I see he 
references adocument about the -ms macros.  Any chance that is what you are 
seeking?  I didn't knowthat he had defined special macros for the books but who 
knows?
meg

    On Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 03:16:38 AM PDT, Damian McGuckin 
<damianm@esi.com.au> wrote:  
 
 On Sun, 15 Sep 2024, Meg McRoberts via wrote:

> Which book?  _Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment_ mentions a 
> groff package written by James Clark.The _Network Programming Vol 1: 
> Network APIs and Sockets" also mentions this package as well as some 
> tools andscripts written by Dave Hanson, Gary Wright, Jon Bentley, and 
> Brian Kernighan.  But I don't see any mention of aspecific macro package 
> in the three books I have. I think I may have mixed some context here 
> and someone else may have an easy answer, in which case, I apologizefor 
> the noise.

I will find the reference.

I found mentioned earlier today of somebody who used those same macros for 
his PhD.  So they must exist.

Thanks - Damian