Re: [Groff] What is 'loom'?

[Jon Snader]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 07:21:26AM -0500, Larry Kollar wrote:
> 
> Jon Snader wrote:
> 
> > > I gather that it's main purpose is to prepare source code for
> > > inclusion in a troff document. ...
> > 
> > It's actually pretty useful.  You can mark regions of code to include,
> > and you can also run the code through a filter before it gets sucked
> > into the troff source--that's useful for things like mapping \n -> \\n
> > and adjusting spacing.  I used it extensively in my book.
> 
> Which begs the question... why isn't "Effective TCP/IP Programming"
> listed in the troff.org books? :-)
> 

I sent the reference and book cover jpeg to Ralph yesterday.

Jon Snader