Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option

2014-03-25 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> But the FSFology will not make me sign something that is not legal, > which is admitted by even the FSFE itself [...] Well, it would probably have no influence to the jurisdiction in Germany, but it would have a value for the FSF in the US... > Just in case you're interested in the thing itsel

Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option

2014-03-25 Thread Steffen Nurpmeso
Hello Werner, Werner LEMBERG wrote: |> But the FSFology will not make me sign something that is not legal, |> which is admitted by even the FSFE itself [...] | |Well, it would probably have no influence to the jurisdiction in |Germany, but it would have a value for the FSF in the US... Yes

Re: [Groff] [groff] mission statement 3

2014-03-25 Thread Doug McIlroy
I have just seen that these comments, which have been gestating for some time, are somewhat outdated by the appearance of mission statement 3. Still I think they may be of some use. Mission statement 2 begins with a precis of what groff is, but no | overt expression of the purpose of the groff

Re: [Groff] [groff] mission statement 3

2014-03-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Doug McIlroy : > I agree that good candidates for updating the man macros are likely > to be found among the readership of this mailing list. However, > the biggest problem with man pages is that people don't write them. > groff_mom(7) is a recent example--all it does is point somewhere > else. The

Re: [Groff] Mission statement, 3rd draft

2014-03-25 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Peter, Peter Schaffter wrote on Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:40:44PM -0400: > Subject to a few wording changes (suggestions welcome), this > represents the final version of the mission statement. Reading this once and then again a few days later, if find no more points i would suggest to improve.