Hi!
It is my great pleasure to announce the availability of just released
Groff 1.17. Please refer to the src/contrib/groff/NEWS for details on
what's new in this release.
This release includes the complete re-implementation of the BSD mdoc(7)
macro package, earlier referred to as -mdocNG. The new mdoc(7) manpage
completely documents the package, thus replacing mdoc.samples(7). For
now, mdoc.samples(7) is installed as MLINK to mdoc(7), but I will likely
replace it with a short manpage referring to the mdoc(7). For a complete
set of new features, please refer to the new mdoc(7). Note that this
manpage could only be displayed with the new groff tools and new -mdoc
package.
FreeBSD-specific -mdoc configuration file is called mdoc.local. This
version also provides a simple way to localize -mdoc. For now, only
KOI8-R support is implemented. See gnu/usr.bin/groff/tmac/koi8-r for
details.
Below is the brief info on -mdoc from the NEWS file:
: o The mdoc package has been completely rewritten, using the full power of
: GNU troff to remove limitations of Unix troff (which is no longer
: supported). Most important changes are:
:
: . No argument limit.
: . Almost all macros are parsed and callable (if it makes sense).
: . `.Lb': prints library names
: . `.Nm <punctuation>' now works as expected; `.Nm "" <punctuation>' has
: been withdrawn.
: . Updated `.St' command
: . `.Fx': prints FreeBSD
: . `.Ox': prints OpenBSD
: . `.Bsx': prints BSD/OS
: . `.Brq', `.Bro', `.Brc': brace enclosure macros
: . `.Bd -centered': center lines
: . `.Bl -xwidth <string>': interpret <string> and use the resulting width
: . support for double-sided printing (-rD1 command line switch)
: . support for 11pt and 12pt document sizes (-rS11, -rS12 command line
: switches)
:
: `groff_mdoc.man' replaces `groff_mdoc.samples.man'; it now completely
: documents the mdoc package.
:
: Great care has been taken to assure backwards compatibility. If you
: encounter any abnormal results, please report them to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cheers,
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