Re: [Groff] Extending refer

[Bernd Warken]

> Von: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
>
> 
> > I will right `addlib', but that will take some time.  Would it be
> > possible and reasonable to use the already existing Heirloom
> > programs?  Maybe some help from the Heirloom team might be very
> > helpful.
> 
> For license reasons, this wouldn't be possible.  On the other hand:
> Why not simply point (in the manpages) to the Heirloom implementations
> of those tools in case they do everything right?  This would save work
> that maybe is spent more useful elsewhere...

With the license, you are right.

I'm planning to create 1 or more refer databases.  For that I need at
least `addlib', the writing of which seems to be easy.  I will use the
`Perl' programming language, such that the `groff addlib' will be
compatible, but not stolen.

Bernd Warken