Re: [Groff] New project: `RUNOFF'

[Bernd Warken]

> Von: "Ralph Corderoy" <address@hidden>
> 
> > `mom' is much like `RUNOFF'.  So `RUNOFF' is not dead.  The 2-letter
> > abbreviations of classical `roff' make the `roff' files unreadable.
> 
> Funnily enough, mom's style of SHOUTING_ALL_THE_TIME has put me off
> using it to date.  Far too noisy and intrusive for someone used to a
> couple of lowercase letters here and there.  :-)  I keep thinking that
> when I do take the plunge I'll set up quiet_aliases for all the things
> as I use them.
> 
> > But in Linux, there are some man-page files that are capitalized.
> 
> Ignoring Perl, ;-) I see a few;  MAKEDEV, PAM, LDP.  Oh, and X.  PAM(7)
> is also there as pam(7).
> 
> > I would prefer the man-page name `RUNOFF.7', because the original
> > `RUNOFF' system was always written in upper case.  Any complaints?
> 
> I'd prefer not, but it's only a preference.  In man7 I see these
> uppercase terms have lowercase man pages, so there seems to be more
> tradition on it being lower.
> 
>     arp               gpl               koi8-r            url
>     ascii             icmp              koi8-u            urn
>     cp1251            ip                tcp               utf-8
>     fifo              ipv6              udp               x25
>     gfdl              iso_8859_*        uri
 
Thank you for your information.  I keep `runoff.7'.

Bernd Warken