Re: groff performance and a critique of mandoc(1)'s PDF generation (was: Git snapshot tarballs, multiple-pass formatting, and pdfmom)

[self-follow-up]

This time I didn't forget the attachment, but I _did_ forget that GNU's
mailing list management software automatically strips attachments in
HTML format--I guess on the presumption that they're "HTML email".

I'm attaching it again, gzipped.

I assume John and Larry got copies, so dropping them from distribution.

Whether this is qualifying an instance for the GBR Drinking Game, I
leave to the reader's discretion.  How thirsty are you?

At 2026-08-06T08:41:52-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > and even [mandoc(1)]'s HTML output could do with some sanding, so
> > to speak.
> 
> As groff maintainer, I dare not cast any stones here.
> 
> Yet.  Colin Watson, Stephen Gildea, and Nguyễn Gia Phong collectively
> put a boot up me backside, and while groff's HTML output still has its
> problems, I think it's taking a step forward in groff 1.25.
> 
> See attachment.

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