Re: [Groff] GPL or FDL

[Bernd Warken]

> Von: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
>
>
> > It seems necessary to have the leading .TH and .SH at the top before
> > the "Legalese".
>
> Yes. Have a look at some changes done by Eric S. Raymond to get a
> structure which is easily parseable by `doclifter'.

I checked what Eric wrote in the Changelogs. But he shortened the new
macro names to 2 letters:
- .author to .au
- .copying to .co

I will not follow that line. A roff that accepts only 2-letter-macros
today has no chance to survive.

The original RUNOFF had very long command names, for example
.ADJUST

Each command had an abbreviation of 2 letters, with the lang name as the
standard. But the following roff took only these 2-letter-abbreviations
and discarded the original long names. That became the home of the
commercial Unix versions.

I protest against this bullshit and use long macro names. So the weak
commercial roff programs should see where they are. Forget about them.

Bernd Warken