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Re: [Groff] troff(1) and info


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: [Groff] troff(1) and info
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 22:39:33 +0000

Hi Werner,

> > BTW, groff is a roff documentation system, so why use the TeX info
> > system?  Man pages are better IMHO, and the groff HTML interface is
> > powerful enough to provide hyperlinked documentation.
> 
> groff is a GNU package.  All GNU packages should have documentation
> in texinfo format.  Amen.

I'm sure rms would see the contradiction in that when the GNU package
is a documentation tool.  If Scheme was the official GNU language would
you have to write gcc in it or gcc?

Wasn't info created because there wasn't a free troff?  Or is that a
myth?


Ralph.


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