troff is for me far harder to read by eye ... TeX and LaTeX are far easier to read and more versatile. Its just a personal thing, I'm sure, but I found taking t

troff is for me far harder to read by eye ... TeX and LaTeX are far easier to read and more versatile. Its just a personal thing, I'm sure, but I found taking to TeX an instantly productive thing to do. Modern TeX/LaTeX packages for distros these days are huge though, in comparison to the stuff that came on a single floppy when I first learned to use it.