On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 08:06:38PM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: > Hello Ulrich, > [ ... ] > (But again, i personally never had a problem with the typesetting > quality of troff (with the TeX-borrowed German hyphenation > enabled), proof-reading provided -- the German translation of > K & R "Programming in C" 2nd Edition has been typeset like that > (by the translators Prof. Dr. Schreiner and Dr. Janich) which > actually convinced me -- recalling its quality -- to try to go > troff (after loosing our setup).
Actually, I don't have a problem with groffs typesetting either. As I pointed out in my comments to Peter, the fine points of typesetting are beyond me, but obviously more sophisticated users do see a need for improvement. But my contribution was triggered by the discussion on the groff mission statement and on pro and cons of the Knuth/Plass algorithm and its alleged complexity. So I was motivated to share my experience in implementing mathematical optimization solutions. Cheers, ulrich