Re: [Groff] using Linux Libertine with groff

[Dave Kemper]

>> It should be fairly straightforward to add new hard-coded ligatures
>> to the groff source, and to afmtodit.
>
> Well, the concept of ligatures in the today's font world is much more
> complex than 30 years ago, so extending hard-coded values is a no-go
> IMHO.

I agree, in principle.  My thinking was that adding new hard-coded values
is something that could be hacked in with minimal effort to someone
familiar with the code, whereas making groff rethink its entire concept
of ligatures is a much more substantial change.