Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 20:14:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freefall.FreeBSD.org> Subject: psroff Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960618200608.2540C-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu>
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Why is there a /usr/bin/psroff? This doesn't seem to be a very useful command, merely a one line front end to groff that forces postscript, and (because it forces the -C compatiblity mode) makes several macro packages break. I ask because there is a real psroff package, and having a psroff interface to groff, it seems to me, just introduces extra confusion, without offering any (that I can see) benefits. The default mode of groff is already to generate postscript, and forcing the compatibility mode doesn't seem to be any win. I'd take it out, if it were me. It's located in /usr/src/gnu/groff/nroff/psroff.sh, and the Makefile there installs it as psroff. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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