Follow-up Comment #3, bug #66811 (group groff): [comment #2 comment #2:] > This is pretty much what the `GROFF_TYPESETTER` environment > variable is for, I think.
Ah, you're right, I'd forgotten that existed.
But I also misspoke when I said "alternately." There is really one change
groff should make, and one additional change it could consider.
1. A stock groff should have pdf as the default device. This is a simple
change, albeit one that should first get a wider buy-in.
2. Additionally, groff could make it easier for an installation to specify a
systemwide default device. This is a more invasive change. (And I agree,
troffrc is not a suitable place for this.)
As you've reminded me, since users can customize this for themselves, the need
for step 2 is diminished to probably the point of not being worth doing. But
making groff's out-of-the-box default the most useful output format is still
worth it.
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