Re: [groff] <DKIM> Design and Implementation of *roff

[Yves Cloutier]

Great Bertrand, I will check it out!  Thanks

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 6:15 PM Bertrand Garrigues <
address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Yves,
>
> On Fri, Nov 30 2018 at 10:28:53 AM, Yves Cloutier <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > I'm in search of any documentation that provides insight into the design
> > and implementation of a *roff.
> >
> > I know source code exists for a few implementations like Plan 9,
> Heirloom,
> > Groff and Neatroff.
> >
> > However what I'm in search of is something a bit more high-level than
> > source code. Rather some design/implementation documentation that
> explains
> > an *approach* to implementing a *roff.
> >
> > Would anyone know if anything like this exists?
>
> There is a (small) paragraph in groff documentation that briefly
> describes how 'troff' processes the input: "5.32 gtroff Internals".
> Could be enhanced later on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bertrand Garrigues
>