Sam Varshavchik writes:
I believe that for man pages, roff
should've been replaced by Docbook XML a long time ago.
Personally, i'm grateful that it hasn't. Apart from Ingo's
thorough critique of DocBook:
https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20190419101505
i doubt i'd have had
Ingo Schwarze writes:
Hi San,
Sam Varshavchik wrote on Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 08:20:34PM -0400:
> Ingo Schwarze writes:
>> DJ Chase wrote on Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 05:27:34PM +:
>>> Have we ever considered a de jure *roff standard?
>> No, i think that would be pure madness given the amount of
Hi San,
Sam Varshavchik wrote on Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 08:20:34PM -0400:
> Ingo Schwarze writes:
>> DJ Chase wrote on Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 05:27:34PM +:
>>> Have we ever considered a de jure *roff standard?
>> No, i think that would be pure madness given the amount of working
>> time availabl
Hi Alejandro,
Alejandro Colomar wrote on Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 01:59:24PM +0200:
> On 8/14/22 21:43, DJ Chase wrote:
>> Do you think that a descriptive/trailing standard could be beneficial
>> or would you still say that it could mostly hinder *roff
>> implementations?
When prepared with diligenc
Hi,
On 8/14/22 21:43, DJ Chase wrote:
True; prescriptive standards can certainly make some things worse. As a
further example, ISO 8601 sucks. I mean, its core specification is
great, but there are so many different ways that are allowed that the
full standard is almost completely unparseable. I
Ingo Schwarze writes:
Hi,
DJ Chase wrote on Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 05:27:34PM +:
> Have we ever considered a de jure *roff standard?
No, i think that would be pure madness given the amount of working
time available in any of the roff projects.
I expect the amount of effort required to be s
On Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 6:35 PM EDT, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2022-08-14T14:49:10+, DJ Chase wrote:
> > On Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 9:56 AM EDT, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> > > DJ Chase wrote on Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 05:27:34PM +:
> > >
> > > > Have we ever considered a de jure *roff standard?
>
At 2022-08-14T14:49:10+, DJ Chase wrote:
> On Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 9:56 AM EDT, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> > DJ Chase wrote on Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 05:27:34PM +:
> >
> > > Have we ever considered a de jure *roff standard?
> >
> > No, i think that would be pure madness given the amount of working
On Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 12:32 PM EDT, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On 8/14/22 16:49, DJ Chase wrote:
> > On Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 9:56 AM EDT, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> >> You appear to massively overrate the importance end-users
> >> typically attribute to standardization.
> >
> > That’s probably because
Hi,
On 8/14/22 16:49, DJ Chase wrote:
On Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 9:56 AM EDT, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
Hi,
DJ Chase wrote on Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 05:27:34PM +:
Have we ever considered a de jure *roff standard?
No, i think that would be pure madness given the amount of working
time available in
On Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 9:56 AM EDT, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> DJ Chase wrote on Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 05:27:34PM +:
>
> > Have we ever considered a de jure *roff standard?
>
> No, i think that would be pure madness given the amount of working
> time available in any of the roff projects.
>
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