groff/PROJECTS
G. Branden Robinson 1d2df80a93 Delete groffer.
Per discussion on the groff development mailing list, there is
no desire to retain the maintenance of this portion of the groff
distribution.

See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2020-04/msg00051.html>
et seq.

* contrib/groffer: Recursively delete.

* Makefile.am:
* arch/mingw/mingw.am: Stop building groffer.

* m4/groff.m4 (GROFF_GROFFERDIR_OPTION):
  (GROFF_GROFFERDIR_OPTION): Delete; remove "--with-grofferdir"
  configuration option.

* MANIFEST:
* NEWS:
* PROJECTS:
* TODO:
* contrib/chem/chem.1.man:
* contrib/chem/examples/122/README.txt:
* contrib/chem/examples/README.txt:
* contrib/glilypond/glilypond.1.man:
* contrib/gperl/gperl.1.man:
* contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man:
* contrib/groff_filenames/groff_filenames.5.man:
* man/groff_font.5.man:
* man/roff.7.man:
* src/roff/groff/groff.1.man:
* src/roff/grog/grog.1.man:
* src/utils/addftinfo/addftinfo.1.man:
* tmac/groff_trace.7.man: Delete references to groffer.

Historical references to groffer deliberately remain in ChangeLog,
ChangeLog.{118,120}, NEWS, contrib/{chem,glilypond}/ChangeLog,
and doc/webpage.ms.  This is a case of deletion, not damnatio memoriae.

Some minor cosmetic changes came along for the ride:

* contrib/groff_filenames/groff_filenames.5.man: Use literal section
  numbers for non-groff man page cross-references; the expansions
  @MAN[157]EXT@ are determined by groff configuration parameters and not
  appropriate for other pages.

* contrib/groff_filenames/groff_filenames.5.man: Refer to Heirloom
  Doctools project as such, not "Heirloom roff", and stop ascribing its
  ownership to Gunnar Ritter; as I understand it, he stopped working on
  it years ago, and it is now maintained by others.

* PROJECTS:
* TODO: Correct asymmetric `quotes' in copyright comments.

* contrib/chem/chem.1.man:
* contrib/gperl/gperl.1.man:
* contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man Stop preventing hyphenation on words
  that won't get hyphenated; no visible effect on output.

* contrib/gperl/gperl.1.man:
* contrib/groff_filenames/groff_filenames.5.man:
* src/roff/grog/grog.1.man: Fix source style nit in sectioning; no
  visible effect on output.
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Here are some things that would be useful additions to groff:
ideal preprocessor - Bernd Warken <groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de> I
started the programming of `ideal' language and `gideal'
preprocessor, which will eventually be added to the groff
distribution.
refer: `refer' database directory under /usr/local/share.
There maybe create a default database `Ind' or others for
storing books and documents for `groff' man pages.
Write the following `groff' programs from Heirloom and
`refer' history:
- addbib
- roffbib
- sortbib
-mv macros (for typesetting viewgraphs and slides)
a deroff that understands long names
a page-makeup postprocessor and associated macro package
(like pm and -mpm)
If you want to work on one of these, you should probably post to
gnu.groff.bug (or send email to groff@gnu.org) to see if anyone else
has gotten there first.
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