[bug #64619] [mdoc] allow distros to maintain mdoc strings

2023-09-27 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #64619 (project groff): This is a bad idea. It would cause manual pages to become non-portable. FWIW, i agree with Branden that the string system is among the more poorly designed parts of the mdoc(7) language. Not all of that can be fixed. In particular, the existing

[bug #64619] [mdoc] allow distros to maintain mdoc strings

2023-09-27 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #64619 (project groff): Thanks for the follow-up, Ingo. You make good points. I don't think Wolfram Schneider will be happy to hear them, though. [https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=273903 He's already mad enough at groff], but the thought that decamping

[bug #64720] www.tmac.in: blue text on a black background is illegible

2023-09-27 Thread Dave
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #64720 (project groff): Putting the default color in a system or user file overlooks the fact that a single user can run multiple terminals simultaneously all with different color schemes. Still, not every user will do this, and giving users more control is usually bette