Re: using groff/troff in producing academic journals

[Larry McVoy]

I'm a big fan of sharing sources to papers done in troff.  I've learned
a lot from reading those.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:22:52AM +0200, hbezemer--- via wrote:
> Dear Robert,
> 
> Robert Marks <robert.marks@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > More recently ??? last year in fact ??? as the Editor I used troff to set 
> > the
> > text for an especially mathematical paper in the Journal and Proceedings of
> > the Royal Society of New South Wales (Sydney).  See the paper,
> > Basil Hiley.
> > The Moyal-Dirac controversy revisited.
> > <https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/154-2-Hiley.pdf>
> > Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales *154*:
> > 139-160, 2021
> > at
> > https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/154-2-Hiley.pdf
> What a great example of what (g)roff, eqn (and refer?) can do.
> Would you like to elaborate on what macrosets you used?
> Would it be a nice idea to make a dummy article with some equations and 
> reference
> so others can use that as a template?
> > 
> > Robert Marks
> > -- 
> > https://www.agsm.edu.au/bobm <http://www.agsm.edu.au/bobm>
> > 0407665644
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Hans

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