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[Groff] tmac.FOO vs. FOO.tmac
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
[Groff] tmac.FOO vs. FOO.tmac |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:36:09 +0200 (CEST) |
Dear friends,
I've just applied Eli's patch to load FOO.tmac if tmac.FOO isn't
found.
Now my question: What about loading FOO.tmac first, and then trying
tmac.FOO?
I see some benefits:
. The nasty stuff to have `tmac.gan' on some platforms would be
obsolete since other troffs don't use `an.tmac' resp. `man.tmac',
AFAIK.
. 8+3 compatibility would be possible.
. For me it is more intuitive to have FOO.tmac -- tmac.FOO rather
looks like a configuration file (but this is debatable of
course).
Are there drawbacks? I don't expect that many external packages use
groff's macro files...
Werner
PS: Later on, I will introduce an additional directory hierarchy level
for groff's runtime files similar to e.g. emacs:
/usr/local/share/groff/1.17/{tmac,font,...}
- [Groff] tmac.FOO vs. FOO.tmac,
Werner LEMBERG <=