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Re: [Groff] XML and groff as frontend


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] XML and groff as frontend
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:53:44 +0200 (CEST)

> groff is now a major component in a majority (I would think) of UNIX
> systems, and UNIX variants.  It is used for online manuals, and
> print manuals; it is used for writing documentation, memos, letters,
> and so on.  However, I think that using groff to write your webpage,
> or as a front end for various document formats, is probably
> misdirected.

It might be probably a good idea to set up the top page manually,
producing many sub-pages by groff.  Personally, I *hate* HTML editing,
so any help here is highly welcome.

The main reason for having an HTML backend is that today most
documentation comes in that format.


    Werner




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