Re: [Groff] question on "groff"

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Richard,

> I was a frequent user of "Troff" with the "ms"-macros on the
> Sun-workstation for a long period of time, and I like it a lot.
> I wonder whether the "groff" installed on "Linux" works the same as
> the "Troff" on "Unix"?       Moreover, is there a similar "ms"-macros
> attached in the "groff" application to make the writing easier?

groff is intended to be a replacement for troff and it does come with a
set of ms macros although since I personally use mm I can't vouch for
how compatible they are.  Looking at the groff_ms man page they claim
to be very compatible.

I'd highly recommend obtaining groff and seeing for yourself.


Ralph.