The following issue has been SUBMITTED. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1883 ====================================================================== Reported By: Love4Boobies Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2024)/Issue8 Issue ID: 1883 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Enhancement Request Severity: Comment Priority: normal Status: New Name: Bogdan Barbu Organization: User Reference: Section: troff Page Number: N/A Line Number: N/A Interp Status: --- Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2024-12-04 22:58 UTC Last Modified: 2024-12-04 22:58 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: Standardization of troff Description: troff has been an integral part of Unix since the early days, widely used for typesetting and document preparation. Most POSIX-compliant systems already include troff or its derivatives (e.g., groff), making it a de facto standard in practice. A standardized troff would ensure portability of documents and scripts across POSIX-compliant systems. Including it in POSIX would formalize its behavior, reducing fragmentation between implementation. It's well-documented, stable, and has decades of community experience, making it a low-risk candidate for standardization. Its use with other standard tools (e.g., sed, awk) complements the UNIX philosophy of modularity.
One use case for troff would be to produce man pages. POSIX defines all the tools required to write portable software and to read manuals but no portable way to create man pages. I'm also pretty sure the Austin Group uses it :) Desired Action: Before making a more formal proposal, it should be discussed whether this is outside the scope of POSIX or not. ====================================================================== Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2024-12-04 22:58 Love4Boobies New Issue 2024-12-04 22:58 Love4Boobies Name => Bogdan Barbu 2024-12-04 22:58 Love4Boobies Section => troff 2024-12-04 22:58 Love4Boobies Page Number => N/A 2024-12-04 22:58 Love4Boobies Line Number => N/A ======================================================================
