Re: [Groff] `groff_char.7' works only for `man', but not for `groff'

[Bernd Warken]

> Von: "Keith Marshall" <address@hidden>
> 
> > I changed grog, such that lines starting with . (period) or '
> > (apostrophe) are both regarded as equal (only within `grog').
> 
> Why?  I guess users are more likely rely on man(1), rather than on grog,
> for reading man pages.  The convention is dictated by man, and that
> convention stipulates that the keyword line should begin with an
> apostrophe.  Since the maintenance of man(1) lies beyond our remit,
> groff's manpage sources should be corrected, to conform with the
> prescribed convention.

The usage of '\" for the first line could be done within a short time.
But `grog' uses both methods '\" and .\".

It seems to be good to use logical stuff and leave space for
other stuff as well, as `grog' does now.

Better don't ask were the man group got their ideas from.  The brain
would be the better computer (try to send the words "one plus one equals"
upwards, or later on the word "laws").

Bernd Warken