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+.TL
+ Groffdown
+.AU
+ Benjamin Chausse
+.ND
+ 2019-09-19
+Markdown syntax with GNU/Troff-like compilation speeds.
+---
+
+
+.NH 1
+What is Groffdown?
+.PP
+Groffdown aims to take the already existing (and well-known)
+markdown syntax and make it compile at speed similar to the
+ones of groff. The main compiler for markdown to pdf usually
+being 
+.CW "pandoc" ","
+ it can be quite long to compile a document (up
+to four seconds for one page documents
+in some cases) unlike Groff which is known
+to usually compile very quickly (0.1 second on average for
+one page documents). As a proof of concept, this 
+.I "README" 
+pages can be fully compiled using groffdown to then be used by groff.
+
+.NH 1
+Example piping workflow
+.PP
+Groffdown is a script which when run on a markdown document,
+will convert the most typical markdown syntax into groff
+(using the 
+.CW "ms" " "
+macros) to then send it to standard output.
+Therefore, it can be piped directly into groff (or
+it's related software). Here is an example  of a complete piping
+command:
+
+.IP \(bu 2
+groffdown <filename>.gd | refer -PS -e "-p$REFERBIB" | groff -me -ms -kejpt -T pdf > <filename>.pdf
+
+.NH 1
+Syntax goals
+.PP
+.IP \(bu 2
+Speed
+.IP \(bu 2
+Markdown Syntax (with yaml preamble)
+.IP \(bu 2
+LaTeX where markdown lacks
+
+
+.NH 2
+Existing Syntax
+.PP
+
+.NH 3
+Commands similar to markdown
+.PP
+.IP \(bu 2
+Headers (1-5)
+.IP \(bu 2
+
+.I "Italic" 
+.IP \(bu 2
+
+.B "Bold" 
+.IP \(bu 2
+
+.BI "Bold & Italic" 
+.IP \(bu 2
+Bullet points
+.IP \(bu 2
+
+.CW "Code blocks (in a monospaced font)" 
+
+.NH 3
+Commands similar to LaTeX
+.PP
+.IP \(bu 2
+Abstract
+.IP \(bu 2
+Inline equations
+.IP \(bu 2
+Centered equations
+.IP \(bu 2
+Citations
+
+.NH 3
+Commands similar to YAML
+.PP
+.IP \(bu 2
+Titles
+.IP \(bu 2
+Authors
+.IP \(bu 2
+Dates
+.IP \(bu 2
+Author's Institution
+
+.NH 1
+Current issues
+.PP
+.IP \(bu 2
+All text formatings need to be on the same line (you can't start bold
+  on one line and finish on the other) Doing otherwise seems to trigger
+  an unescapable recursive loop on the groff side of things.
+
+.NH 1
+Needed implementations
+.PP
+.IP \(bu 2
+Numbered lists
+.IP \(bu 2
+multi-macro compatibility (mom macros for urls)