> With the exception of perlpod(1)/pod2man(1), most programs that

good to know as i'm really confortable with pod.

> page formatting.  scdoc(1) is not an exception; the output code
> quality is poor indeed
>  * stray .P before and after .SH
> ...

this list is really interesting. maybe it should be shared with
the scdoc project. it will not solve the problems but at least those
ones can be fixed.

> To summarize, there wasn't any need for yet another man(7)
> autogenerator, perlpod(1) already existed, and while most man(7)
> autogenerators are bad, this one may even be producing below-average
> quality.

my opinion is more blur: using a tool that works find is important but
i'm always happy when i can remove a usage of an interpreted
langage (even perl which was by far my prefered one before i started to use 
raku).

> Do not use it.

i wasn't even wanting to: this one was mostly a joke to tickle you then
it ends up to a really interesting and constructive answer. thanks a
lot.

marc

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