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The families have four +<a href="definitions.html#font">fonts</a> +associated with them. These fonts are a combination of +<a href="definitions.html#weight">weight</a> +and +<a href="definitions.html#shape">shape</a>: +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + R (Roman, usually Medium weight), + I (Italic, usually Medium weight), + B (Bold, usually Roman shape) and + BI (Bold Italic) +</span> +If you work with mom a lot, sooner or later you’ll find that these +families and their associated fonts aren’t sufficient. You’ll +want to supplement them, either with more fonts for the families +already provided—<i>Damn! I need Helvetica Bold Condensed +Italic</i>—or with entire new families. +</p> + +<h3 id="extending" class="docs">Extending groff families / adding new families and fonts</h3> + +<h4 id="traditional" class="docs">The traditional approach</h4> + +<p> +The traditional approach to extending groff families has been +to create new families for non-default weights and shapes (e.g. +<b>Light</b>, which is a +<a href="definitions.html#weight">weight</a>, +or <b>Condensed</b>, which is a +<a href="definitions.html#shape">shape</a>), +then to associate them with groff’s predefined <b>R, +I, B</b> and <b>BI</b> font styles. An example of this +can be seen in the groff PostScript font library itself, which is +found in +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + <prefix>/<version>/font/devps/ +</span> +There’s one “family” for Helvetica (<b>HR</b>, +<b>HI</b>, <b>HB</b>, <b>HBI</b>) and another for Helvetica Narrow +(<b>HNR</b>, <b>HNI</b>, <b>HNB</b>, <b>HNBI</b>). +</p> + +<p> +The difficulty with this approach is that typographers tend to +think of families as referring to the entire set of font weights +and shapes associated with a family name. For example, when +a typesetter says “the Helvetica family”, s/he is +including the weights Helvetica Thin, Helvetica Light, Helvetica +Regular, Helvetica Bold, Helvetica Heavy, etc, and all their +associated shapes (Roman, Italic, Condensed, Narrow, Extended, +Outline, etc). +</p> + +<p> +Thus, intuitively, when a typesetter gives mom a +<kbd>.FAMILY H</kbd> directive, s/he reasonably expects that +any subsequent <kbd>.FT</kbd> directive will access the desired font +from the Helvetica family—without the need to state explicitly +both family and font to <kbd>.FT</kbd>, as it is explained one can +do in the +<a href="typesetting.html#family">FAMILY</a> +and +<a href="typesetting.html#font">FT</a> +sections of these documents. +</p> + +<p> +If one had, say, Helvetica Light Roman and Helvetica Light Italic +as well as Helvetica Light Condensed Roman and Helvetica Light +Condensed Italic, the established groff approach would require two +“partial” families, <b>HL</b> (for Helvetica Light) +and <b>HLCD</b> (for Helvetica Light Condensed), with <b>R</b> and +<b>I</b> fonts for both: +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + HLR + HLI + HLCDR + HLCDI +</span> +Accessing these family/font combos routinely +throughout a document would then require changing the family +(with <kbd>.FAMILY</kbd>) and selecting the desired font +(with <kbd>.FT R</kbd> or <kbd>.FT I</kbd>), or +passing <kbd>.FT</kbd> the lengthy family+fontname (.e.g. +<kbd>.FT HLCDI</kbd>). +</p> + +<h4 id="simpler" class="docs">The simpler way with mom</h4> + +<p> +Fortunately, groff provides a mechanism whereby it’s possible +to extend the basic <b>R</b>, <b>I</b>, <b>B</b>, and <b>BI</b> fonts +(“styles” in groff-speak) so that one can, in fact, +create extensive type families, and access all the fonts in them +with <kbd>.ft</kbd> (groff) or <kbd>.FT</kbd> (mom). +</p> + +<p> +Mom uses this mechanism to offer, in addition to groff’s +default font styles, the following: +</p> + +<div class="examples-container" style="padding-bottom: 1em;"> +<div id="style-extensions" style="width: 50%; float: left;"> +<span class="pre" style="font-size: 85%"> +UL = Ultra Light +ULI = Ultra Light Italic +ULCD = Ultra Light Condensed +ULCDI = Ultra Light Condensed Italic +ULEX = Ultra Light Extended +ULEXI = Ultra Light Extended Italic + +XL = Extra Light +XLI = Extra Light Italic +XLCD = Extra Light Condensed +XLCDI = Extra Light Condensed Italic +XLEX = Extra Light Extended +XLEXI = Extra Light Extended Italic + +TH = Thin +THI = Thin Italic +THCD = Thin Condensed +THCDI = Thin Condensed Italic +THEX = Thin Extended +THEXI = Thin Extended Italic + +L = Light Roman +LI = Light Italic +LCD = Light Condensed +LCDI = Light Condensed Italic +LEX = Light Extended +LEXI = Light Extended Italic + +BK = Book Roman +BKI = Book Italic +BKCD = Book Condensed +BKCDI = Book Condensed Italic +BKEX = Book Extended +BKEXI = Book Extended Italic + +CD = Medium Condensed +CDI = Medium Condensed Italic +EX = Medium Extended +EXI = Medium Extended Italic + +DB = DemiBold Roman +DBI = DemiBold Italic +DBCD = DemiBold Condensed +DBCDI = DemiBold Condensed Italic +DBEX = DemiBold Extended +DBEXI = DemiBold Extended Italic + +SB = SemiBold Roman +SBI = SemiBold Italic +SBCD = SemiBold Condensed +SBCDI = SemiBold Condensed Italic +SBEX = SemiBold Extended +SBEXI = SemiBold Extended Italic +</span> +</div> +<span class="pre" style="font-size: 85%"> +BCD = Bold Condensed +BCDI = Bold Condensed Italic +BEX = Bold Extended +BEXI = Bold Extended Italic +BO = Bold Outline + +XB = Extra Bold +XBI = Extra Bold Italic +XBCD = Extra Bold Condensed +XBCDI = Extra Bold Condensed Italic +XBEX = Extra Bold Extended +XBEXI = Extra Bold Extended Italic + +UB = Ultra Bold +UBI = Ultra Bold Italic +UBCD = Ultra Bold Condensed +UBCDI = Ultra Bold Condensed Italic +UBEX = Ultra Bold Extended +UBEXI = Ultra Bold Extended Italic + +HV = Heavy +HVI = Heavy Italic +HVCD = Heavy Condensed +HVCDI = Heavy Condensed Italic +HVEX = Heavy Extended +HVEXI = Heavy Extended Italic + +BL = Black +BLI = Black Italic +BLCD = Black Condensed +BLCDI = Black Condensed Italic +BLEX = Black Extended +BLEXI = Black Extended Italic +BLO = Black Outline + +XBL = Extra Black +XBLI = Extra Black Italic +XBLCD = Extra Black +XBLCDI = Extra Black +XBLEX = Extra Black Italic +XBLEXI = Extra Black Italic + +UBL = Ultra Black +UBLI = Ultra Black Italic +UBLCD = Ultra Black Condensed +UBLCDI = Ultra Black Condensed Italic +UBLEX = Ultra Black Extended +UBLEXI = Ultra Black Extended Italic + +SC = Small Caps Roman +SCI = Small Caps Italic +SCDB = Small Caps Demibold +SCDBI = Small Caps Demibold Italic +SCSB = Small Caps Semibold +SCSBI = Small Caps Semibold Italic +</span> +</div> + +<p style="clear: both;"> +Thus, with mom, if you’ve installed some extra +Helvetica fonts and named them according to the convention +<kbd><F><S></kbd> (where <kbd><F></kbd> means +family and <kbd><S></kbd> means font style), once having +entered +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp" style="margin-bottom: -1em;"> + .FAMILY H +</span> +you can access any of the extra Helvetica fonts simply by passing +the correct argument to +<a href="typesetting.html#font">FT</a> +from the list, above. For example, if you were working in Medium +Roman (<kbd>.FT R</kbd>) and you needed Medium Condensed Italic +for a while (assuming it’s installed), you’d just type +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp" style="margin-bottom: -1em;"> + .FT CDI +</span> +to access the Medium Condensed Italic font from the Helvetica +family. +</p> + +<p> +Mom’s list of font styles doesn’t pretend to be +exhaustive. The extension names are arbitrary and can be used in a +flexible manner. For example, if you create a family that has a +Demibold font (<b>DB</b>) but no Bold font (<b>B</b>), you might +find it more convenient to give the Demibold font the extension +“<b>B</b>”. +</p> + +<p id="register-style"> +You may, at needs, want to add to mom’s list of font styles. +You can do this by editing the file, om.tmac (typical location: +<kbd><prefix>/<version>/tmac/om.tmac</kbd>). Near the +top, you’ll see lines of the form +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + .sty \n[.fp] XL \" Extra Light + .sty \n[.fp] L \" Light Roman + .sty \n[.fp] LI \" Light Italic + .sty \n[.fp] LCD \" Light Condensed Roman +</span> +Simply add your new font style by imitating what you see, above, +and plugging in your new font style (having, of course, +added the font to groff, correctly named); see +<a href="#steps">Step-by-step instructions</a>). +</p> + +<p> +For example, if you already have some fonts from the Univers family +installed and have called the family <b>Univers</b>, you might decide at +some point to add the Bold Outline font (<b>UniversBO</b>). In which +case, you’d add +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + .sty \n[.fp] BO \" Bold Outline +</span> +to the <kbd>.sty \n[.fp] <font style></kbd> list +in om.tmac. +</p> + +<div class="box-tip"> +<p class="tip"> +<span class="note">Note:</span> +Mom’s font extensions are not “user-space” +controllable via a macro. If you’ve been using groff for +a long time, and have already rolled your own solution to adding +families and fonts to groff, you may find that mom’s font +extensions conflict with your own scheme. Should that be the case, +comment out the <kbd>.sty \n[.fp] <font style></kbd> +lines found near the top of the <kbd>om.tmac</kbd> file. +</p> +</div> + +<div class="box-important"> +<p class="tip"> +<span class="important">Important:</span> +Be careful that any styles you add do not conflict with +<i>family</i> names that already exist. “<b>C</b>”, +for example, conflicts with the Courier family (<b>CR</b>, +<b>CI</b>, <b>CB</b>, <b>CI</b>). Were you to create a font +style “<b>C</b>”, thinking that <kbd>.FT C</kbd> +would give you access to font style once you’d given a +<kbd>.FAMILY</kbd> directive, you’d get a nasty surprise: +your type would come out in Courier Roman! +</p> +</div> + +<div class="rule-medium"><hr/></div> + +<h2 id="steps" class="docs">Step-by-step instructions</h2> + +<div> +<ul class="no-enumerator" style="margin-left: -1.5em;"> + <li><a href="#need">What you need before you start</a></li> + <li><a href="#preparation">Initial preparation</a></li> + <li><a href="#step-1">1. Acquire the font</a></li> + <li><a href="#step-2">2. Prepare to convert the font to the correct format</a> + <ul style="margin-left: -.5em"> + <li><a href="#ttf">TTF fonts</a></li> + <li><a href="#type1">Type 1 fonts</a></li> + </ul></li> + <li><a href="#step-3">3. Convert the font and put it in the right place</a></li> + <li><a href="#step-4">4. Update the download file</a> + <ul style="margin-left: -.5em"> + <li><a href="#internal">Get the internal font name</a></li> + <li><a href="#add">Add the font to the download file</a></li> + <li><a href="#gropdf-download">Updating the gropdf download file</a></li> + </ul></li> + <li><a href="#groff-font-names">Naming groff fonts</a></li> + <li><a href="#install-font">Automate the whole process – the install-font script</a> + </li> +</ul> +</div> + + +<p> +There are a number of ways to approach making fonts available +to groff. These instructions aren’t meant to cover all +possibilities, merely one. +</p> + +<p> +GNU/Linux distributions being what they are, directory locations +may differ and the presence of some executable can’t be +guaranteed. I run a Debian-based system. The instructions reflect +that. Users of other distros may have to interpret them according +to the way their distro operates. +</p> + +<h3 id="need" class="docs appendices">What you need before you start</h3> + +<ul style="margin-top: 1em; margin-left: -.5em;"> + <li>groff, version 1.18 or higher<br/> + (Debian package: groff) + </li> + <li>ghostscript<br/> + (Debian package: ghostscript or ghostscript-x) + </li> + <li>fontforge<br/> + (Debian package: fontforge) + </li> +</ul> + +<h3 id="preparation" class="docs appendices">Initial preparation (you only need do this once)</h3> + +<ol id="site-font" style="margin-left: -1em;"> + <li> + Locate the groff directory, + <kbd class="nobr">site-font</kbd>. The exact location is + difficult to predict, owing to differences between distros and + whether you’re using a pre-packaged groff or have built + it from source. Some typical locations are: + <br/> + <span class="pre-in-pp" style="margin-bottom: -2em;"> + /usr/share/groff/ + /usr/local/share/groff/ + /etc/groff/ + </span> + If you can’t find the site-font directory, locate + groff’s <kbd class="nobr">site-tmac</kbd> directory, and, as root, + create site-font in the same directory. Eg, if you find + site-tmac in <kbd class="nobr">/usr/share/groff/</kbd>, create site-font in + <kbd class="nobr">/usr/share/groff/</kbd> + <br/> + <span class="pre-in-pp" style="margin-bottom: -2em;"> + sudo mkdir site-font + </span> + </li> + <li> + Create two files, generate-t42.pe and generate-pfa.pe, + as you see them below. Place them in a convenient and + easily-remembered location, like your home directory. + <br/> + <span class="examples" style="font-size: 95%; display: block; margin-top: .5em;">generate-t42.pe</span> + + <div class="examples-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: -1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> +<span class="pre"> +# generate-t42.pe + +Open($1); +Generate($fontname + ".pfa"); +Generate($fontname + ".t42"); +</span> + </div> + <br/> + <span class="examples" style="font-size: 95%; display: block; margin-top: .5em;">generate-pfa.pe</span> + <div class="examples-container" style="margin-top: 0; padding-bottom: 1em;"> +<span class="pre"> +# generate-pfa.pe + +Open($1); +Generate($fontname + ".pfa"); +</span> + </div> + </li> +</ol> + +<h3 id="step-1" class="docs appendices">Step 1: Acquire the font</h3> + +<p class="top"> +The two most commonly available types of fonts are PostScript Type1 +(extension .pfb) and TrueType (extension .ttf). Either can be made +available to groff. There are many websites holding collections of +both. +</p> + +<h3 id="step-2" class="docs appendices">Step 2: Prepare to convert the font to the correct format</h3> + +<p class="top"> +Change into the directory holding the new font. +</p> + +<p> +For convenience in the next step, make a symbolic link to +the file 'textmap': +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + ln -s <prefix>/<version>/font/devps/generate/textmap . +</span> +See +<a href="#small-note">here</a> +for an explanation of <kbd><prefix></kbd> +and <kbd><version></kbd>. +</p> + +<p> +In addition, unless you’re installing fonts from your home +directory, make links to the files 'generate-t42.pe' and +'generate-pfa.pe'. +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + ln -s $HOME/generate-t42.pe . + ln -s $HOME/generate-pfa.pe . +</span> +</p> + +<h3 id="step-3" class="docs appendices">Step 3: Convert the font and put it in the right place</h3> + +<p class="top"> +TrueType fonts (.ttf) need to be converted to .t42. Type 1 fonts +(.pfa, .pfb) need to be converted to .pfa. +</p> + +<h4 id="ttf" class="docs" style="font-size: 90%; text-transform: uppercase;"> • Converting TTF Fonts</h4> + +<p class="top" style="margin-top: .5em;"> +For .ttf fonts, run +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + fontforge -script generate-t42.pe <file>.ttf +</span> +This will create three new files with the extensions .t42, .pfa, and +.afm. Next, run +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + afmtodit <afm file> textmap <groff font> +</span> +This will create a groff font with the name you give. (See +<a href="#groff-font-names">here</a> +for advice on naming groff fonts.) +</p> + +<p> +Move the .t42 and groff font files to +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/site-font/devps/</kbd>. +</p> + +<p> +If you’re running a recent version of groff that includes +the native pdf device (gropdf), move the .pfa file to <kbd +class="nobr"><prefix>/site-font/devpdf/</kbd>. If not, you +may safely remove it. You may also safely remove the .afm file. +</p> + +<h4 id="type1" class="docs" style="font-size: 90%; text-transform: uppercase;"> • Converting Type1 Fonts</h4> + +<p class="top" style="margin-top: .5em;"> +For .pfb fonts, run +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + fontforge -script generate-pfa.pe <file>.pfb +</span> +This will create two new files with the extensions .pfa, and .afm. +Next, run +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + afmtodit <afm file> textmap <groff font> +</span> +Move the .pfa and groff font files to +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/<site-font>/devps/</kbd>. +(See +<a href="#groff-font-names">here</a> +for advice on naming groff fonts.) +</p> + +<p> +If you’re running a recent version of groff that includes the +native pdf device (gropdf), link the .pfa and groff font files, now +in <kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/<site-font>/devps/</kbd>, +to the <kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/site-font/devpdf</kbd> +directory. +</p> + +<p> +Start by changing into the +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/site-font/devpdf/</kbd> +directory, then: +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + ln -s <prefix>/<site-font>/devps/<file>.pfa . + ln -s <prefix>/<site-font>/devps/<groff font> . +</span> +You may safely remove the .afm file. +</p> + +<h3 id="step-4" class="docs appendices">Step 4: Update the download file</h3> + +<h4 id="internal" class="docs" style="font-size: 90%; text-transform: uppercase;"> • Get the internal font name</h4> + +<p class="top" style="margin-top: .5em;"> +Inspect your new groff font file. Near the top, you will see a line +of the form +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + internalname <name> +</span> +Usually, the internal name is helpfully descriptive, e.g. +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + internalname Optima-Bold +</span> +Make a note of the internal name. +</p> + +<h4 id="add" class="docs" style="font-size: 90%; text-transform: uppercase;"> • Add the font to the download file</h4> + +<p class="top" style="margin-top: .5em;"> +If a file called ‘download’ is not already present in +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/site-font/devps/</kbd>, +copy over the one found in +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/<version>/font/devps/</kbd>. +</p> + +<p> +The download file maps the internal names used by groff to the +actual fonts. To add your new font to the download file, append a +line containing the internal name, followed by a tab (make sure your +text editor is inserting the tab character, not spaces), followed by +the .t42 or .pfa font to which the internal name refers. +</p> + +<p> +For example, if the internal name is Optima-Bold and the font is a +.pfa file called Optima-Bold.pfa, your updated download file will +contain +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + Optima-Bold<tab>Optima-Bold.pfa +</span> +</p> + +<h4 id="gropdf-download" class="docs" style="font-size: 90%; text-transform: uppercase;"> • Updating the gropdf download file</h4> + +<p class="top" style="margin-top: .5em;"> +If you’re running a recent version of groff that includes +the native pdf device (gropdf), you must update the +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/site-font/devpdf/download</kbd> +file as well. If it does not exist, create it. +</p> + +<div class="box-tip"> +<p class="tip"> +<span class="note">Note:</span> +Start with a blank ‘download’ file. Do not copy +over the ‘download’ file from +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/<version>/font/devpdf/</kbd>. +</p> +</div> + +<p> +The instructions for registering fonts in the +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/site-font/devpdf/</kbd> download +file are identical to those for PostScript fonts (see above), but +with one important difference: the lines must all begin with a tab +character. Thus, using our Optima example, your +<kbd class="nobr"><prefix>/site-font/devpdf/download</kbd> +file download line for the same font is +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + <tab>Optima-Bold<tab>Optima-Bold.pfa +</span> +</p> + +<h3 id="groff-font-names" class="docs appendices">Naming groff fonts</h3> + +<p class="top"> +For convenience when using mom, and to keep your font collection +organized, choose meaningful groff font names following the scheme +<Family><FONT>, where Family is something +like Optima or Univers or Clarendon, and FONT is either +<br/> +<span style="display: block; margin-left: 2em;"> +<kbd>R </kbd>(roman/regular) +<br/> +<kbd>I </kbd>(italic) +<br/> +<kbd>B </kbd>(bold) +<br/> +<kbd>BI </kbd>(bold italic) +</span> +or one of the 1–5 character fontstyles listed +<a href="#style-extensions">here</a>. +Thus, for the fonts Optima Light Italic and Optima Extra Black, your font names would be +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + OptimaLI + OptimaXBL +</span> +This scheme allows you to enter <kbd>.FAMILY Optima</kbd> to make +Optima the current family, and <kbd>.FT LI</kbd> or <kbd>.FT XBL</kbd> +when you need the fonts Light Italic or Extra Black. +</p> + +<p> +Groff font names are, in fact, arbitrary; you can call your fonts +anything you like, provided the +<a href="#internal">internal name</a> +in the +<a href="#add">download file</a> +matches the internal name found in the groff font file. When +calling a font that does not follow the recommended naming convention, +you must pass the full font name to <kbd>.FT</kbd> whenever you wish +to use it. +</p> + +<p> +For example, the font, Goudy Stout, isn’t really part of the +Goudy family, and while "stout" describes it, Stout is not a +recognized font style. Therefore, its groff name could simply be +GoudyStout, and whenever you needed it, you could call it with +<kbd>.FT GoudyStout</kbd>. +</p> + +<h3 id="install-font" class="docs appendices">Automate the whole process – the install-font script</h3> + +<p> +A bash script to make the entire process of installing fonts a +painless no-brainer has been posted online at +<a href="https://www.schaffter.ca/mom/bin/install-font.sh">https://www.schaffter.ca/mom/bin/install-font.sh</a>. +Be sure to make the script executable +(<kbd class="nobr">chmod 755 install-font</kbd>) +after you download it, then type <kbd>./install-font.sh -H</kbd> for +usage. +</p> + +<div class="rule-medium" style="margin-top: 2em;"><hr/></div> + +<!-- ===================================================================== --> + +<h2 id="codenotes" class="docs">Some reflections on mom</h2> + +<p> +If, as Eric Raymond asserts, open source begins with a programmer +scratching a personal itch, then mom can truly be called open +source. +</p> + +<p> +Mom had her origins in a library of groff routines I wrote over +the years to handle various aspects of typesetting and document +processing that weren’t adequately covered by ms, me, mm, and +friends. Typically, I’d use the library to cobble together +macro sets for new challenges as they came my way. +</p> + +<p> +As a writer living in a perpetual state of penury, all the computers +I’ve ever owned have been hand-me-downs—several +generations out-of-date and resource challenged. Disk space has +always been an issue, as has processor speed and available RAM. One +of the reasons I run GNU/Linux rather than the offering from Redmond +is that it has helped enormously to get the most out of my poor +little boxes. +</p> + +<p> +In Linux-land (all Unix variants, in fact), the choice of +typesetting systems basically comes down to groff or TeX. Both are +wonderful—monumental achievements if you ask me—and both +have their own particular strengths. However, for people in my +financial position (and there are millions of us around the globe, +in both developed and developing countries), TeX and groff have one +big difference: size. TeX is huge. Even its most ardent supporters +agree it suffers from bloat, on top of being complex and unwieldy to +manage. Groff is tiny by comparison, occupying minimal disk space +and having only a small memory footprint while at the same time +being flexible and powerful, typographically speaking. Back in the +Jurassic Period, I ran it successfully on a 386 with 8 megs of RAM +and a 250 meg hard disk. +</p> + +<p> +However, groff has always had a liability: it’s incredibly geeky. +Owing to its very long history, it—and its power users +—seem to have remained stuck in a time warp. The canonical macro packages +still look as they did back in those decades when memory was exorbitantly +expensive and every byte mattered. +</p> + +<p> +For some time now, groff users and macro writers have had the option +to use “long” names for macros (i.e. longer than two +letters, the original limit), yet have mostly chosen not to. With +long names, it’s possible to create macro sets that are +humanly readable and easy to interpret, encouraging development and +evolution. What’s more, the macros themselves need not be +terse, intimidating, and easily forgotten 1- or 2-letter commands +inserted in the body of a document. They can be sensible and +helpful to everyone, groff newbies and old hands alike. +</p> + +<p> +Mom’s macro file, om.tmac, uses long names, aliases, and a +host of other groff goodies that have become part of the whole groff +picture. The function of nearly every macro, number register and +string can be inferred simply from its name. The file is heavily +commented. A consistent, if idiosyncratic, indenting style is used +as well, significantly improving readability. Anyone wanting to +futz around with mom’s macros should be able to do so with a +minimum of head scratching. +</p> + +<div class="rule-medium"><hr/></div> + +<!-- ===================================================================== --> + +<h2 id="contact" class="docs">Contact the author</h2> + +<p> +If you have any questions or comments about mom, suggestions to +make, criticisms to offer, or bugs to report, use the groff mailing +list (subscription information available +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/groff.html">here</a>) +or contact me, Peter Schaffter, directly at the following +address: +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + peter@schaffter.ca +</span> +Please include the word “mom” or “groff” in +the Subject line of any message sent to my personal address or you +risk the wrath of my implacable spam filters. +</p> + +<p> +If you want to visit mom’s website, you’ll find a link +to it at +<br/> +<span class="pre-in-pp"> + https://www.schaffter.ca +</span> +The site contains links to some of my fiction, all of which was +typeset with mom and groff. +</p> + +<div class="rule-long"><hr/></div> + +<!-- Navigation links --> +<table style="width: 100%; margin-top: 12px;"> +<tr> + <td style="width: 33%;"><a href="toc.html">Back to Table of Contents</a></td> + <td style="width: 100%; text-align: right;"><a href="#top">Top</a></td> +</tr> +</table> + +</div> + +<div class="bottom-spacer"><br/></div> + +</body> +</html> |