[TUHS] Demise of TeX and groff (was: roff(7))

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Monday, 10 January 2022 at 13:00:15 -0600, Blake McBride wrote:
> I like that groff and TeX are rock solid and well supported.  In fact, I
> wrote a report generator for a modern web development framework using
> troff.  I use it to develop reports on a routine basis.  (kissweb.org)
> Sadly, however, if word of their existence doesn't get out there, I see
> them both disappearing in not much longer than a generation.  This would be
> sad indeed.

As long as man pages are formatted with ?roff, I don't see it going
away.  I don't suppose many people use troff any more, but there are
enough of us, and as long as man pages stay the way they are, I don't
think we're in any danger.

Greg
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