From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.cock.li (mail.cock.li [37.120.193.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FE4544E676 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=37.120.193.124 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789628747; cv=none; b=uKdTO3hMLGOKdq1BBfFCyeaA6UzH/ewDTGUcbvA4FYXk/TDiLBHQvzdGD/pxk9qGWtc0DhNTiDvWUajzzZSKHgJ7+PbTD2qJt7FE3zNqJz1vtCmy63qwOttwXzDzcHjh7IHHiLDI6sQd5n7NyJKmnOAOwW5ugJGrZTtKRVXIu9E= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789628747; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Tqpq+jL63DUzjCLWpkQ4jomVVp84en2Xdm8YucgBjaY=; h=Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Cc:Subject:From:To:Mime-Version: References:In-Reply-To; b=r5fqaC0FCQHzUGRQeU2hTv2Mcgxnh01s8kMP/15hWOPJTMGVii2ZA6ixbkzwlSk7QlufccTi1ZoQioRf5fJzyboxQbDxeDFpDv7pbIHo7Rq0TuVH1SCClJRnG8SEkCuT56tUQ7oYxcnxvXdaU2uA1/VAr2FVByAq2k2i6sUGqU8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=memeware.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=memeware.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=memeware.net header.i=@memeware.net header.b=Ft9Str7b; arc=none smtp.client-ip=37.120.193.124 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=memeware.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=memeware.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=memeware.net header.i=@memeware.net header.b="Ft9Str7b" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=memeware.net; s=mail; t=1789628739; bh=Tqpq+jL63DUzjCLWpkQ4jomVVp84en2Xdm8YucgBjaY=; h=Date:Cc:Subject:From:To:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Ft9Str7bs3GvEbq5uvNgHbWmigw2/kurl+pRxsscgJB1vTzApjIVAat5kf7Qmpi84 1C9q82Qa+OeSIbnNGCvE+3YFdw8W3xHeaHnhKkBtSsufJcchr9Dz3cCLcMCK4I7gt3 GEVO4+BnjNoeNrvbP9OAmbXNHRzjPsQtqmc1RqCuxR4UgyPFNrVo42i8sGRoYl6Ps4 sMiaA+5rY6YA9NEBOKO8UZoEAedIIWWN6i+9odV5a2hImcfpc6KYIbY7WaeWlEiVmM 7eahjhaSk0CLLIoaAuHdhtw3WK9Ils7j15lD0E7tIA4foflj+LRzG81XCf4rzrDsR/ SY8CIbfAXr0+w== Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:05:22 +0000 Message-Id: Cc: "linux-man" Subject: Re: Markdown as a "less hairy" source format for man pages From: "astian" To: "G. Branden Robinson" , "Alejandro Colomar" Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <20260915153913.gn4lupmyydvtehnw@illithid> In-Reply-To: <20260915153913.gn4lupmyydvtehnw@illithid> On 15 Sep 2026 10:39 -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: [...] > Not long ago I diagnosed our industry's collective, and persistent, > refusal to believe that writing worthwhile documentation could ever be a > more demanding task than the simplest computer program one can code. > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20260710195854.ud4riftmhrfzu54d@illithi= d/ Interesting recap, specially the history of man/mdoc/mandoc/groff. Thanks.