Re: Unsupported nroff macros on MacOS X

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Anthony,

> Not all groff parts were commented out.  It will use groff if
> installed and if mandoc gives an unsupported warning.
>
> https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/man/blob/man-46/man/man.sh

Thanks, that's interesting.  Line 375 onwards,
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/man/blob/man-46/man/man.sh#L375
shows how they #ifdef'd __APPLE__ to stop the simple ‘install groff’
message.  That message matches Oliver's description of FreeBSD.
Instead, they echo a warning to stderr and then sleep for a second to
let it be seen.  How annoying that delay must be each time one opens the
same man page.  And from a company that prides themselves on UI.  :-)

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.