On Wed, Aug 22, 2018, Pierre-Jean Fichet wrote: > Hello alls, > > Tadziu Hoffmann <hoffm...@usm.uni-muenchen.de> wrote: > > Note that I'm not saying that you should generally not > > write your own macros. On the contrary, I'm all for it. > > I must say that discussion gave me the uncomfortable feeling > that people were advocating against writing personal macros.
The discussion has been framed such that macros have been set in opposition to requests, leading to the assumption that the participants are advocating for one or the other, which is not the case. Effective groff use has always entailed writing "personal" macros, either to supplement an existing package or to meet site-specific challenges. So, no, no one has been suggesting there's something wrong with writing your own macros. I get the feeling Holger has been expressing dissatisfaction with templates and frameworks generally--a dissatisfaction we all experience from time to time. -- Peter Schaffter http://www.schaffter.ca
