Re: <OK> [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation

[Gunnar Ritter]

M Bianchi <address@hidden> wrote:

>  +-------------+                                     +--------------------+
>  |  man pages  |-----+                          +--->|  HTML on browsers  |
>  +-------------+     |                         /     +--------------------+
>                      |                        /
>  +-------------+     |        +-------------+/       +===========+
>  |  Texinfo    |-----+------->| XML-DocBook |=======>| flat text |
>  +-------------+     |        +-------------+\       +===========+
>                      |                        \
>  +===============+   |                         \     
> +------------------------+
>  | RefEntry wiki |<==+                          +--->| PostScript on printers 
> |
>  +===============+   |                               
> +------------------------+
>                      |
>  +-------------+     |
>  |  other      |-----+                                     ====  Added
>  +-------------+

But I think the most important question for troff people is,
where is a complete, high-quality converter for

           +-------------+/       +===========+
           | XML-DocBook |=======>|   troff   |  ?
           +-------------+\       +===========+

With <?troff .request?> processing instructions, this makes
it possible to retain all the typographical aspects we like.

XSL-FO to troff is also worth consideration.

        Gunnar