Re: [Groff] tmac.www macro name clashes?

[Eddie Maddox]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> > What should I keep in mind when composing macro names for tmac.www?
> 
> The usual thing in high level languages like C is to always have a
> unique prefix, say, `www-'.  I think that your choice to have `<' as a
> prefix is optimal.  It is, AFAIK, unique, and it always reminds the
> user that it has something to do with HTML.

Precisely why I chose it:

- short
- unique
- related

I just wanted to be sure my guess about "The usual thing", using unique
prefixes, was correct, and that my choice of such prefix was, in fact,
"optimal". Thanks for the thumbs up.

> > However, if someone needs to use ms, me or other macro packages in
> > conjunction with tmac.www, how do I avoid any conflicts with those
> > other macro packages?
> 
> Which kind of conflicts did you encounter?  The only possibility to

None. Haven't tried. Don't want to. But, I want to prevent others from
running into unforseen conflicts/clashes. So, I thought the question
should be asked anyway.

>   groff -mtrace -man -Tlatin1 2>groff.log > groff.txt

I'll try this sort of stuff out. Looks handy.

Thanks.
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