Re: Request to reconsider removal of groff from base system

[Dan LaBell <dan4l-nospam%verizon.net@localhost>]

On Apr 6, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Ron Swiernik wrote:

> So let me get this right, you replaced a GENERIC text formatting  
> tool with one
> that ONLY knows how to manual pages. Now you want to move groff out  
> of the base
> into pkgsrc leaving a tool that ONLY knows how to format

Why maintain a fork, when GNU can maintain their own tool better?

> manual page macros whose output is border line stupid. And you are  
> calling this progress?
IT's stupid, not to favor awk, sed, and perl, and promote their use,  
over
 MODEM LINE NOISE like *off.

> Even Microsoft gives you Wordpad with the OS....

notepad ~= /bin/ed
wordpad ~= /usr/bin/vi :-)