On Fri, Jul 29, 2011, Mike Bianchi wrote: > I worry that *roff is an old technology loved only by old people. > It won't survive much longer if it isn't loved by people much > younger than me. ... > That way one would not have to memorize quite as much trivial > detail to understand the document source you were reading, > especially if you are a novice (as we all were at one time). > Heck, I could use such a thing if I ever wanted to transition to > groff_mom. > > The same could be done for raw *roff commands. Registers would > also be handled.
Odd you should mention transitioning to groff_mom by making the macro names more humanly readable, since the whole ethos behind mom was to accomplish precisely that! Interestingly, your entire post sounds like a mission statement for mom. Clearly, we agree on many things, especially the need to keep groff vibrant by attracting next-gen users. -- Peter Schaffter Author of The Binbrook Caucus http://www.schaffter.ca
