Have a look at Dave Mills recent remarks on the NTP list :
https://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/ntpwg/2009-June/001519.html
Due to his diminished eyesight he can't handle the text
of the document he is co-authoring without significant preprocessing.
Y(J)S
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From: ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
[mailto:ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of Melinda Shore
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 02:23
To: Randy Presuhn
Cc: IETF Discussion Mailing List
Subject: Re: More liberal draft formatting standards required
Randy Presuhn wrote:
I don't know. I prefer vi.
You can run nroff on a buffer inside of both vi and emacs
and get the output in another buffer.
I've read internet drafts on a variety of handheld devices,
from the old Sharp Wizards to Palm Pilots to a Blackberry,
and I very much appreciate having a lowest-common-denominator
document format. The only drawback has been the fixed line
length - it can be slightly annoying for text but it renders
ascii graphics completely useless on a narrower screen. On
balance I think it's a reasonable tradeoff, though. And
personally, I'm grateful that such a wide variety of tools
can be used to generate conforming drafts - I think that it
helps keep the process just a little more open.
Melinda
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