Re: [groff] Design and Implementation of *roff

[Damian McGuckin]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:

> > I'm in search of any documentation that provides insight
> > into the design and implementation of a *roff.
>
> Not sure if this helps more than it confuses, but
> perhaps looking into the "amazingly workable formatter",
> an nroff-workalike written in awk, might offer some
> enlightenment...
>
> There's also a C version of awf that used to be the
> default formatter on Minix.

While not the same ancestry ...

Alan Holub wrote 'nr/tr' as an 'nroff/troff' replacement. It was well
documented in several articles Dr Dobbs Journal, then consolidated in 
book which I think is

        C Chest and other C treasures (M+T books 1987)

But I could be wrong on the book.

Regards - Damian

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