Aw: RE: Re: Re: Request to reconsider removal of groff from base system

[carsten.kunze%arcor.de@localhost]

> Again this is an enhancement? Can mandoc handle tbl and pic input?

It can handle tbl input. I'm not shure about pic but there may not be many manpages using pic.

> UNIX has had the *roff tool suite for a long time. A text formatter is how
> they
> got support from management to continue work on UNIX. I doubt we would be
> talking about UNIX today if it wasn't for the suite.

This is all true. And no one intends to remove groff. But it should not make a difference
if groff is in the base or you need just a simple "pkgin install groff" to get it, so the
situation would not change much from now.