Re: [Groff] new man-page groff-filenames.7 (filename extensions for roff files)

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Bernd,

I'm not sure there's enough here to justify a new man page.  It would
probably end up having to state all the oddities and exceptions.

> These extensions are fixed in all Unix-like operating systems.

I don't think they're are fixed in that many things don't care what
extension is used.

> Each roff file can be optionally compressed.

I don't think groff handles compressed files?  If something like man(1)
does and decompresses them before groff see them then it isn't a groff
thing.

> The traditional "<section>" is a digit from 1 to 8.

Covered by man-pages(7).

> There are 2 styles for writing man pages: "man" and "mdoc".  These 2
> extensions are used in the source code package of groff.
> 
> <name>.man     traditional man-page format
> <name>.mdoc    additional man-page format
> <name>.mandoc  recognizing both man-page formats

That they're used in the source of groff isn't sufficient to document
them?

Cheers, Ralph.