On 2026-02-22 dvalin--- via GNU roff typesetting system discussion wrote:
> [...]
> Excessive consistency can sometimes reduce utility, in my experience.
> [...]
But the bottom line here is that the macro description for e.g. the .AU
macro in groff_ms looks like this:
.AU Specify an author’s name. ms collects text on input lines (...)
and in groff_mm, for an identically named macro, it looks like this:
AU [name [initials [loc [dept [ext [room [arg1 [arg2 [arg3]]]]]]]]]
Specify author
This is just plain inconsistent in a non-excusable way. But I rest my case
now. ;)
Regards,
Morten
