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

[Larry McVoy]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 04:48:12PM -0600, Blake McBride wrote:
> Some things TeX and troff are going to need in
> order to continue:
> 
> 1.  Continue to be maintained
> 
> 2.  An effort to make knowledge of them wider will have to occur if they
> are to continue.
> 
> 3.  A case for their benefit will have to be made and dispersed.

Well, someone could do what I tried (and failed) to do: make Word 
produce high quality eqn/tbl/pic/troff source as their internal
format.

There was such a thing for TeX, can't remember the name, but my
Dad (very computer not savvy) used it to write a book.  It was
WYSIWYG but spit out TeX.