Use of some high-level ms macros results in text Package was not designed for the specific document format described Is not ideal for production of RFCs and Internet-Drafts as that macro Macros provide a mechanism for authors to specify type of content Such as are provided by basic troff directives, e.g. Authors rarely think in low-level formatting terms Indicate things like "this is the document title" or "a new section Primarily concerned with formatting details. Authors Specify Content Rather Than Issue DirectivesĪnother problem with low-level directives is that authors are not Suggests that authors or editors should count characters to manuallyġ.2. uses a larger variety of troff directives than someĬasual users might be familiar with. Use of basic troff directives is not ideal for authors or editors whoĪre not familiar with troff arcana. However, use of basicĭirectives and the ms macro package is not ideal.ġ.1. Necessitated by use of the ms macro package. With the ms macro package and a postprocessor which is Internet-Drafts and RFCs using basic troff directives The Instructions to RFC Authors RFC describes theĮditorial format of RFCs and outlines editorial production of Internet-Draft Writing I-Ds and RFCs using troff May 2005 1. Obtaining the rfc Macros and Related Tools. Document Progression Using the rfc Macros. Authors Specify Content Rather Than Issue Directives. Internet-Draft Writing I-Ds and RFCs using troff May 2005ġ. Public comments regarding this memo may be sent to Internet-Drafts and RFCs using a set of troff/nroff macros suitableįor that purpose. Internet-Drafts and RFCs have traditionally been produced using a The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed atĬopyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at Material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference
Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six monthsĪnd may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any Other groups may also distribute working documents as
Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomesĪware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Writing Internet-Drafts and Requests For Comments using troff and nroff draft-lilly-using-troff-04īy submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that anyĪpplicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware
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