On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:46:17 BST tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: > > If there is no good short authoritative book on troff, and if you are > not already proficient in troff, try TeX instead simply because of the > TeXbook if not something else.
Most TeX users are actually latex users, not raw TeX so the TeXbook is not terribly useful. But there are good books on latex and there is a wealth of material online (& many packages that work with latex). With TeXworks and TeXshop on the Mac writing latex docs has become more pleasant. Still, it is much easier to learn to use troff (speaking as a user; never tried writing a macro package for it). A lot of things "just work".
