[TUHS] Unix V10 Volume 2 PDFs
Larry McVoy
lm at mcvoy.com
Thu Feb 13 11:45:22 AEST 2025
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 07:21:07PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Doesn't groff(1) handle the Unix sources?
>
> Assuming the full source of a document is available, and no part of its
> toolchain requires software that is unavailable (like Van Wyk's "ideal"
> preprocessor) then if groff cannot satisfactorily render a document
> produced by the Bell Labs CSRC, then I'd consider that presumptively a
> bug in groff.
In my experience, groff has handled decades old troff source and done
a great job. I'd not be surprised if there was something that didn't
work, but the vast majority of the stuff I've tried has worked just
fine.
--lm
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