On Mon, 26 May 2014 16:43:30 +0200
"Bernd Warken" <groff-bernd.warken...@web.de> wrote:
>
>
> > Von: "Werner LEMBERG" <w...@gnu.org>
> >
> > Please be more specific. Using current git on my GNU/Linux box, the
> > call
> >
> > groff -Tutf8 -t -man groff_char.n | less
> >
> > displays just fine.
>
> You are right. I just forgot to include `-t'. So something must be
> done in `grog'.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bernd Warken
>
Bernd,
You might look at the source for the groff_char.7 man page.
According to groff_man(7)
If a preprocessor like tbl or eqn is needed, it has become
common to make the first line of the man page look like this:
'\" word
However, the source file for groff_char.7 (.../man/groff_char.man)
has:
.\" t
as its first line. Note that it's got a leading period instead of
an apostrophe. It's the only file in the source "man" directory
that does. The other files that use this construct have an
apostrophe.
I found this a couple of weeks ago while trying to find out why
groff_char(7) didn't print properly. I think it's the source
(pun not intended, but I'll keep it) of the trouble.
Anyway, I hope this helps,
--Dale
--
"If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most
honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged."
-- Cardinal Richelieu
