From 961b1004fa99f7bff10e4617e26f70c4dfc5d462 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:29:04 +0000 Subject: Correct several factual errors in the HISTORY section that crept in by relying on random texts found on various websites. Kristaps now found out what really happened by talking to the people involved, see http://manpages.bsd.lv/history.html for details. from kristaps@, and ok jmc@ according to kristaps@ --- share/man/man7/roff.7 | 26 +++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'share/man/man7') diff --git a/share/man/man7/roff.7 b/share/man/man7/roff.7 index cff180792b7..8a54db6dc6e 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/roff.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/roff.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: roff.7,v 1.15 2011/09/26 23:07:20 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: roff.7,v 1.16 2011/11/21 23:29:03 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 26 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 21 2011 $ .Dt ROFF 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -971,14 +971,22 @@ using the next-line syntax. .%U http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/doctools/troff.pdf .Re .Sh HISTORY -The RUNOFF typesetting system was written in PL/1 for the CTSS -operating system by Jerome ("Jerry") E. Saltzer in 1961. -It was first used as the main documentation tool by Multics since 1963. -Robert ("Bob") H. Morris ported it to the GE-635 and called it +The RUNOFF typesetting system, whose input forms the basis for .Nm , -Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, -Joseph F. Ossanna rewrote it in PDP-11 assembly in 1973, -and Brian W. Kernighan rewrote it in C in 1975. +was written in MAD and FAP for the CTSS operating system by Jerome E. +Saltzer in 1964. +Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, renaming it +.Nm . +Dennis M. Ritchie rewrote McIlroy's +.Nm +in PDP-11 assmebly for +.At v1 , +Joseph F. Ossanna improved roff and renamed it nroff +for +.At v2 , +then ported nroff to C as troff, which Brian W. Kernighan released with +.At v7 . +In 1989, James Clarke re-implemented troff in C++, naming it groff. .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This -- cgit v1.2.3