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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Mandoc vs Man Macros for Manpages, and other M's. Message-ID: <1993Mar13.002421.3222@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CS Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1993 00:24:21 GMT Lines: 27 Since I know nothing about faster/slower/buggier/stabler etc and the man macros, all I want to say is that I don't know ANYTHING about the subject. I was passing on the information Bill gave me. It appears (at least to me) that there are some good arguements for keeping the new macros. If someone wants to find out why Bill thinks they are buggy and fix them, then please do. (I didn't ask, didn't even think to). But, aside from changing the pages to the older style, there is sstill the issue of cleaning up and updating the current man pages. Unfortunately, it requires that we settle on which macro package to use. As I see it, if you want to update the pages, use the NEW macros until this issue is settled, simply because the current method is in use now. If we decide at some later date to change, then we can use whatever method is handy at the time to convert the man pages. However, as long as there are reasons to keep the new ones, let's keep the new ones. Fair enough? Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, work #: (406) 994-4836 | I don't think they'll catch on - home #: (406) 586-0579 | Don Hammerstrom