Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-12 Thread Dave Kemper
On 7/12/21, Thomas Dupond wrote: > I'm skimming through the archives to try to create such a document Fantastic! > it is taking a lot of time since it goes back to 1999 Happily, the entire archives don't need to be scoured at once. Having something out there in incomplete form is better than h

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-13 Thread Wim Stockman
This is fantastic :-). Op di 13 jul. 2021 om 04:41 schreef Dave Kemper : > On 7/12/21, Thomas Dupond wrote: > > I'm skimming through the archives to try to create such a document > > Fantastic! > > > it is taking a lot of time since it goes back to 1999 > > Happily, the entire archives don't ne

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-14 Thread Hans Bezemer
To have a place where groff examples can be found would be great! I would like to add a suggestion. I've used lilypond frequently to typeset scores. They have a snippet-repository[1] which I found very useful at the time. One of the advantages is that users can submit their own snippets. Kind r

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-14 Thread Wim Stockman
Maybe create some managed wikipage So the community can contribute to it. kind regards Wim Stockman Op wo 14 jul. 2021 om 09:18 schreef Hans Bezemer : > To have a place where groff examples can be found would be > great! > > I would like to add a suggestion. > > I've used lilypond frequently to t

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-14 Thread Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
Am Mittwoch, 14. Juli 2021, 22:52:39 CEST schrieb Wim Stockman: > Maybe create some managed wikipage > So the community can contribute to it. > kind regards > Wim Stockman +1 -- mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Halle (Saale) Heinz-Jürgen Oertel

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-15 Thread Thomas Dupond
Hans Bezemer wrote: > One of the advantages is that users can submit their own > snippets. Wim Stockman wrote: > Maybe create some managed wikipage > So the community can contribute to it. As much as I enjoy the kind words around this project, I would like to say that my trade is not related

Re: groff-examples repository

2021-07-15 Thread Wim Stockman
Hi Thomas, I have my gopher and Gemini server up and running almost for a year now. So I can mirror the groff section on my gopher and Gemini capsule. The url of my Gemini and gopher are yasendfile.org. I also have no problem to dedicate some time to this little projects. I don't know if you alread

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-25 Thread Oliver Corff
Hi Thomas, a very nice collection this is! One little typo in the overview, "Relowing the text [...]" should be "Reflowing [...]". Best wishes, Oliver. On 8/25/21 6:50 PM, Thomas Dupond wrote: Hi everyone, The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at https://froude.eu/groff

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-26 Thread Thomas Dupond
Oliver Corff wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > a very nice collection this is! Thanks! > One little typo in the overview, "Relowing the text [...]" should be > "Reflowing [...]". Fixed it and some other typos (should have run aspell sooner). > Best wishes, > > Oliver. Regards, Thomas

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-28 Thread Douglas McIlroy
https://froude.eu/groff/examples/reflow.html is a very cleanly written and interesting demo. The following comments might perfect it even further. It would be helpful to remark that .YY is a dumping ground, never to be used. Point out that EB need not be defined. It carries the .tm for the demo,

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-28 Thread Thomas Dupond
Douglas McIlroy wrote: > https://froude.eu/groff/examples/reflow.html is a very cleanly written and > interesting demo. The following comments might perfect it even further. > > It would be helpful to remark that .YY is a dumping ground, never to be > used. > > Point out that EB need not be defin

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
Am Mittwoch, 25. August 2021, 18:50:56 CEST schrieb Thomas Dupond: > > > As noted on the first page, feel free to email me any macro you find > interesting, I will put it online as soon as I can :) . Hi, in the past for technical papers I often used dformat: https://noxz.tech/guides/groff

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2021-08-28T12:14:17-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote: > - > > A small anomaly. Consider > > .de . > .tm Hi > ,.. > .. > > The second .. emits "Hi". This fragment also emits "Hi": > > .de end end > .tm Hi >

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Keith Marshall
On 28/08/2021 17:14, Douglas McIlroy wrote: > A small anomaly. Consider > > .de . > .tm Hi > ,.. > .. I'm guessing that the comma, before the first ".." is an unintended introduction? > The second .. emits "Hi". This fragment also emits "Hi": > > .de end end > .tm Hi >

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Dave Kemper
On 8/25/21, Thomas Dupond wrote: > The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at > https://froude.eu/groff and on geminispace at gemini://froude.eu/groff Fantastic! Thanks so much for putting this together. I see that each page has a link to the source mailing list post, so that

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Thomas, On 8/25/21, Thomas Dupond wrote: > The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at > https://froude.eu/groff and on geminispace at gemini://froude.eu/groff Nice. I added a link to it to https://mandoc.bsd.lv/links.html I think on your start page, you ought to add a

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Thomas, sorry for the afterthought... Ingo Schwarze wrote on Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 07:34:56PM +0200: > https://mandoc.bsd.lv/mdoc/ Even if you consider mdoc(7) off-topic, you definitely want to link to these two pages: https://mandoc.bsd.lv/mdoc/details/recursion.html https://mandoc.bs

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Thomas Dupond
Heinz-Jürgen Oertel wrote: > Hi, > > in the past for technical papers I often used dformat: > > https://noxz.tech/guides/groff/papers/dformat_--_a_program_for_typesetting_data_formats__142.pdf This is excellent, I'm always impressed by what can be achieved with groff and pic. > extracted the so

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
Am Sonntag, 29. August 2021, 22:46:54 CEST schrieb Thomas Dupond: > Heinz-Jürgen Oertel wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > in the past for technical papers I often used dformat: > > > > https://noxz.tech/guides/groff/papers/dformat_--_a_program_for_typesetting_data_formats__142.pdf > > This is excellent,

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-29 Thread John Gardner
> > Since John Gardner will (rightly) insist that examples of mdoc(7) code are > nothing more than mere examples of roff(7) code To quote Heisenberg: *"You're goddamn right."* ;-) The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at > https://froude.eu/groff > Feel free to plunder my st

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-08-30 Thread Thomas Dupond
Dave Kemper wrote: > On 8/25/21, Thomas Dupond wrote: > > The Groff examples repository is now available on the web at > > https://froude.eu/groff and on geminispace at gemini://froude.eu/groff > > Fantastic! Thanks so much for putting this together. > > I see that each page has a link to the s

Re: Groff examples repository

2021-09-14 Thread Thomas Dupond
Hi Ingo, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > I added a link to it to > > https://mandoc.bsd.lv/links.html Thank you :) . > I think on your start page, you ought to add a link to > > https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/ . Of course! It seemed so obvious but I forgot it! > Since John Gard