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Date:      Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:30:27 +0200
From:      Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: groff alternative?
Message-ID:  <200506172130.36586@harrymail>
In-Reply-To: <20050617192332.GE13006@dragon.NUXI.org>
References:  <20050615054209.L29741@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> <42B10804.2010308@mac.com> <20050617192332.GE13006@dragon.NUXI.org>

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Am Freitag, 17. Juni 2005 21:23 schrieb David O'Brien:
[...]
> > This seems to be from src/contrib/groff?
>
> Yes.  But the issue is, why trade one piece of non-BSDL licensed code
> for another non-BSDL licensed piece of code??  What does changing from
> Groff to Solaris Troff actually buy us??  Groff is the standard in Roff.

Groff depends on c++ and is far to big for embedded systems. In fact its=20
bigger than the complete man pages for the OS. (~10MB).
That's why I initially posted my question and Lyndon made the OpenSolaris=20
suggestion. I'd like to have a simple possibility to view unformated man=20
pages with reasonable sized tools. Preformatting man pages is not an=20
option for me since packages install unformatted man pages and I don't=20
know a suitable way to change that.

=2DHarry=20

>  Even people writing books on systems with a native Troff install Groff
> to get a more powerful and easier to use Roff.

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