Re: Does anybody use deroff(1)?

[patrick keshishian]

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Kristaps Dzonsons  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm curious---does anybody use deroff(1)?  And if so, for what?  I'm only
> interested in contemporary uses unless you have some awesome stories.  I
> guesss I'm curious if it has any particular utility other than "deroff |
> spell".  (Does anybody use spell(1), for that matter?)

i use spell(1) on a daily basis.

--patrick



> References:
>
>
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=deroff&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpa
th=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html
>
>
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spell&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpat
h=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kristaps

Re: Does anybody use deroff(1)?

[Anthony J. Bentley]

Hi Kristaps,

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Kristaps Dzonsons  wrote:
> I'm curious---does anybody use deroff(1)? B And if so, for what? B I'm only
> interested in contemporary uses unless you have some awesome stories. B I
> guesss I'm curious if it has any particular utility other than "deroff |
> spell". B (Does anybody use spell(1), for that matter?)

I do use troff, and hence deroff | spell, for class papers (provided
no collaboration is needed, else I use TeX). Nothing special.
Actually, I have been meaning to write a mdoc-like macro set useful
for paper writing, because I find myself missing its rules for
punctuation and such when using -me...

Currently I use base OpenBSD spell very often, but it doesn't work
with high-bit characters. Haven't gotten around to looking at
alternatives yet.

Also, your demandoc(1) looks great, and it fixes some real issues I
have encountered with deroff(1).

--
Anthony J. Bentley

Does anybody use deroff(1)?

[Kristaps Dzonsons]

Hi,

I'm curious---does anybody use deroff(1)?  And if so, for what?  I'm 
only interested in contemporary uses unless you have some awesome 
stories.  I guesss I'm curious if it has any particular utility other 
than "deroff | spell".  (Does anybody use spell(1), for that matter?)


References:

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=deroff&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spell&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html

Thanks,

Kristaps