[bug #63978] Found a type for groff_man(7).

URL: Summary: Found a type for groff_man(7). Group: GNU roff Submitter: None Submitted: Thu 30 Mar 2023 09:16:53 AM UTC Category: Macro man Severity: 3 - Norma

[bug #63978] Found a type for groff_man(7).

Update of bug #63978 (project groff): Severity: 3 - Normal => 2 - Minor Status:None => Duplicate Assigned to:None => gbranden Open/Closed:

[bug #63978] "Subection" typo in groff_man(7)

Update of bug #63978 (project groff): Summary: Found a type for groff_man(7). => "Subection" typo in groff_man(7) ___ Reply to this item at: __

[bug #63977] Found a type for groff_man(7).

Update of bug #63977 (project groff): Severity: 3 - Normal => 2 - Minor Status:None => Duplicate Assigned to:None => gbranden Open/Closed:

[bug #63957] [mdoc] Synopsis section should not be adjusted (nor hyphenated)

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #63957 (project groff): >From my pending commit (in my working copy, not yet pushed): diff --git a/tmac/mdoc/doc-common b/tmac/mdoc/doc-common index 53a25659f..d37b4c001 100644 --- a/tmac/mdoc/doc-common +++ b/tmac/mdoc/doc-common @@ -1410,6 +1410,7 @@ .doc-parse-a

[bug #54214] grodvi: slanted dollar sign

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #54214 (project groff): Fixing this correctly will require a feature change. We will have to add font descriptions for the TeX cmsl10 and cmbxsl10 fonts. There are a few stages to this. 1. We'll need to generate groff font descriptions for them (and come up with groff

[bug #54214] grodvi: slanted dollar sign

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #54214 (project groff): 4. I expect it will not be necessary (and possibly not desirable) to mark TRS and TBS themselves as "special" fonts since they have a full retinue of alphanumeric glyphs. ___ Reply to this

[bug #60731] undocumented difference in .ce behavior between groff and traditional troff

Update of bug #60731 (project groff): Status:None => Need Info Assigned to:None => barx ___ Follow-up Comment #1: > The Texinfo manual

[bug #61028] [refer-ms] sets comma after title in italics, should be roman

Update of bug #61028 (project groff): Status: Postponed => Invalid Assigned to:None => gbranden Open/Closed:Open => Closed

[bug #61407] spurious error messages generated by pdf.tmac

Update of bug #61407 (project groff): Status: Need Info => Invalid Open/Closed:Open => Closed Summary: Remove spurious error messages generated by pdf.tmac => spurious error messages

[bug #61467] doc/pic.ms: Use the name rather than the symbol for a unit

Update of bug #61467 (project groff): Status: Need Info => Invalid Assigned to:None => gbranden Open/Closed:Open => Closed Summary: [PA

[bug #63873] \~ can cause overwritten text

Update of bug #63873 (project groff): Status:None => Duplicate Assigned to:None => gbranden Open/Closed:Open => Closed

[bug #52517] adjustment can cause overwritten text on lines using \~

Update of bug #52517 (project groff): Status:None => In Progress Assigned to:None => gbranden Summary: src: adjustments of a line can break down if it contains "\~" => adjustment can

[bug #53161] [mdoc] ".Bl -columns" splits a long last column wrongly

Update of bug #53161 (project groff): Summary: mdoc.tmac: ".Bl -columns" splits a long last column wrongly => [mdoc] ".Bl -columns" splits a long last column wrongly ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #61453] want native mechanism for continuous (non-paginated) rendering

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #61453 (project groff): At present I'm thinking that resolving bug #63587 will enable this well enough. I'm a little nervous of meddling with the semantics of a negative page length given the potential for interaction with negative vertical drawing positions. For one th

[bug #55155] [troff] .tr is applied to the RHS of .char definitions

Update of bug #55155 (project groff): Status: Confirmed => Need Info Assigned to:None => barx ___ Follow-up Comment #7: I'm thinking we need

[bug #55155] [troff] .tr is applied to the RHS of .char definitions

Follow-up Comment #8, bug #55155 (project groff): Unfortunately for me, my mental model in comment #7 does not accurately describe groff's behavior. $ cat ATTIC/zz_top.groff .tr zx .char \(zz zeezee \(zz top .pl \n(nlu $ nroff ATTIC/zz_top.groff xeexee top You did warn me: > The manual expli

[bug #53161] [mdoc] ".Bl -columns" splits a long last column wrongly

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #53161 (project groff): mandoc(1) oversets the line, too. $ mandoc ATTIC/prof.mdoc mantest(1) General Commands Manual mantest(1) NAME mantest – Small script to test mdoc macros First sentenceSecond sentenceThird sent

[bug #61276] [mdoc] Ql macro in troff mode sometimes does not put text in single quotes

Update of bug #61276 (project groff): Status: Need Info => Wont Fix Assigned to:None => gbranden Open/Closed:Open => Closed Summary: [PA

[bug #58653] want the short mdoc(7) page that Linux man-pages used to ship

Update of bug #58653 (project groff): Status:None => Wont Fix Assigned to:schwarze => gbranden Open/Closed:Open => Closed

[bug #51062] fix doubled words in text

Update of bug #51062 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] fixed doubled words in text => fix doubled words in text ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Dropping patch annotation for rejected ticket. ___

[bug #51106] remove trailing white space from input line endings

Update of bug #51106 (project groff): Summary: [Patch] Protect significant space at the end of lines => remove trailing white space from input line endings ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Dropping patch annotation for rejected t

[bug #51362] add a synonym for the font "CW"

Update of bug #51362 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] add a synonym for the font "CW" => add a synonym for the font "CW" ___ Follow-up Comment #7: Dropping patch annotation for rejected ticket. I do note that the man.loc

[bug #51646] remove trailing spaces from input lines

Update of bug #51646 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] src: Remove bloody empty space at end of lines => remove trailing spaces from input lines ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Dropping patch annotation from rejected ticket. Th

[bug #52982] [man] define register 'F' and macro 'IX' to avoid warnings

Update of bug #52982 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] [man] Define register 'F' and macro 'IX' to avoid warnings => [man] define register 'F' and macro 'IX' to avoid warnings ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Dropping patch ann

[bug #52983] troffrc: define register 'F' to avoid warnings from pod2man-generated documents

Update of bug #52983 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] troffrc: Define register 'F' to avoid warnings => troffrc: define register 'F' to avoid warnings from pod2man-generated documents ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Dropping pa

[bug #58653] want the short mdoc(7) page that Linux man-pages used to ship

Follow-up Comment #11, bug #58653 (project groff): [comment #10 comment #10:] > It looks like nobody has the desire to resolve this as the submitter requested. > > I would point out, however, that since last updating this ticket over a year ago, I have significantly revised the opening sections o

[bug #53413] add English hyphenation patterns to enable use of ".hy 48"

Update of bug #53413 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] Add hyphenation patterns to use with US and hy=48 => add English hyphenation patterns to enable use of ".hy 48" ___ Follow-up Comment #17: Dropping patch annotation fr

[bug #51646] remove trailing spaces from input lines

Update of bug #51646 (project groff): Status: Won't Fix => Duplicate ___ Follow-up Comment #4: Actually I'mma just reclassify this as a duplicate (of bug #51106). I see that Bjarni filed it at leas

[bug #53760] [me] always use '\&' or even '\&\"' to protect trailing spaces

Update of bug #53760 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] e.tmac-u: Always use '\&' or even '\&\"' to protect trailing spaces => [me] always use '\&' or even '\&\"' to protect trailing spaces ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Droppin

[bug #53773] protect spaces before comments from the stripper

Update of bug #53773 (project groff): Status: Won't Fix => Duplicate Summary: [PATCH] macro files: Protect space and its visibility => protect spaces before comments from the stripper ___

[bug #53781] [man, mdoc] suppress automatic hyphenation and adjustment in nroff mode

Update of bug #53781 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] man macros: For "nroff" output omit hyphenation and adjustment => [man,mdoc] suppress automatic hyphenation and adjustment in nroff mode ___ Follow-up Comment #2: Dr

[bug #54210] overhaul underlining

Update of bug #54210 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] Overhaul Underlining => overhaul underlining ___ Follow-up Comment #4: Dropping patch annotation from rejected ticket. ___

[bug #55109] [ms] add the name of the calling macro to a diagnostic

Update of bug #55109 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] [ms] add the name of the calling macro to a diagnostic => [ms] add the name of the calling macro to a diagnostic ___ Follow-up Comment #2: Dropping patch annotation fr

[bug #55616] [devascii] do not render \(oq as "accent grave"

Update of bug #55616 (project groff): Summary: -T ascii rendering: do not render \(oq as "accent grave" => [devascii] do not render \(oq as "accent grave" ___ Follow-up Comment #2: Here are some links to mailing list discu

[bug #55941] provide a "test-nroff" to accompany "test-groff"

Update of bug #55941 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] test-nroff: Create this file to accompany "test-groff" => provide a "test-nroff" to accompany "test-groff" ___ Follow-up Comment #5: Dropping patch annotation from rej

[bug #57592] add "include guards" to macro files

Update of bug #57592 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] tmac/: Add a warning => add "include guards" to macro files ___ Follow-up Comment #8: Dropping patch annotation from rejected ticket. ___

[bug #58019] doc/meintro.me: remove a trailing space

Update of bug #58019 (project groff): Status: Won't Fix => Duplicate Summary: [PATCH] doc/meintro.me: Remove a trailing space => doc/meintro.me: remove a trailing space ___ Follow-up

[bug #58020] doc/meintro_fr.me: remove trailing spaces

Update of bug #58020 (project groff): Status: Won't Fix => Duplicate Summary: [PATCH] doc/meintro_fr.me: Remove trailing spaces => doc/meintro_fr.me: remove trailing spaces ___ Follo

[bug #58021] contrib/pdfmark/pdfmark.ms: remove trailing spaces

Update of bug #58021 (project groff): Status: Won't Fix => Duplicate Summary: [PATCH] contrib/pdfmark/pdfmark.ms: Remove trailing spaces => contrib/pdfmark/pdfmark.ms: remove trailing spaces

[bug #59817] src/roff/troff/input.cpp: flatten .ec parser

Update of bug #59817 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] src/roff/troff/input.cpp: Flatten .ec parser => src/roff/troff/input.cpp: flatten .ec parser ___ Follow-up Comment #6: Dropping patch annotation from rejected ticket.

[bug #61446] doc/ms.ms: use SI unit symbols instead of language-specific ones

Update of bug #61446 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] doc/ms.ms: Use SI-unit symbols instead of language specific ones => doc/ms.ms: use SI unit symbols instead of language-specific ones ___ Follow-up Comment #5: Dropping

[bug #61454] want "nroff -V" to show the pipeline that would be executed

Update of bug #61454 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] nroff -V ...: show the (final, real) pipe line => want "nroff -V" to show the pipeline that would be executed ___ Follow-up Comment #4: Dropping patch annotation from

[bug #61605] [man pages] obfuscate source files to accommodate now-withdrawn stripper

Update of bug #61605 (project groff): Summary: [man pages] Do not create trailing spaces => [man pages] obfuscate source files to accommodate now-withdrawn stripper ___ Follow-up Comment #2: I comment to note that (1) grof

[bug #62484] [tests]: use one directory name instead of "./ ../ ../.." in a for loop

Update of bug #62484 (project groff): Summary: .../tests/: use one directory name instead of "./ ../ ../.." in a for-loop => [tests]: use one directory name instead of "./ ../ ../.." in a for loop ___ Reply to this item

[bug #63734] doc/ms.ms: revise table to fit on A4 paper

Update of bug #63734 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] tmac/ms.ms: change type names to singular form in a table for A4 paper format => doc/ms.ms: revise table to fit on A4 paper ___ Follow-up Comment #2: Dropping patch a

[bug #63764] tmac/an.tmac: translate font CW to R in nroff mode

Update of bug #63764 (project groff): Status:Rejected => Duplicate ___ Follow-up Comment #3: This is effectively a duplicate of bug #51362. _

[bug #58653] want the short mdoc(7) page that Linux man-pages used to ship

Follow-up Comment #12, bug #58653 (project groff): Hi hackerb9, It's closed already, with status "Rejected" (my new name for "Wont Fix" [sic]). > My request for a brief quick reference guide does not appear to fit well with the groff project's current goals. Having acquired some familiarity wit

[bug #60731] undocumented difference in .ce behavior between groff and traditional troff

Update of bug #60731 (project groff): Item Group: Incorrect behaviour => Documentation ___ Follow-up Comment #2: [comment #1 comment #1:] > presumably it's a sprinkle of DWIM behavior for .ce. This seems eminen

[bug #46914] .ce sometimes ignores right margin

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #46914 (project groff): [comment #1 comment #1:] > But bug #60731 raises the question of whether the actual bug > above is in the output of the second or the third .ce call. _One_ > of them seems to be wrong, since they handle the same situation > (input longer than the

[bug #52517] adjustment can cause overwritten text on lines using \~

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #52517 (project groff): Bug #63873 was marked as a duplicate of this bug. ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message sent via Sava

[bug #59980] soelim(1): replace an '.EX /.EE' block containing a diagram with a table

Update of bug #59980 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] soelim.1.man: Replace an '.EX /.EE' block containing a diagram with a table => soelim(1): replace an '.EX /.EE' block containing a diagram with a table ___ Follow-up

[bug #51109] tmac/an-ext.tmac: add definitions of strings "la" and "ra" for "nroff"

Update of bug #51109 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] an-ext.tmac: Add definitions of strings "la" and "ra" for "nroff" => tmac/an-ext.tmac: add definitions of strings "la" and "ra" for "nroff" ___ Follow-up Comment #3:

[bug #57721] groff_mdoc(7): define some standard abbreviations

Update of bug #57721 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man: Define some standard abbreviations => groff_mdoc(7): define some standard abbreviations ___ Follow-up Comment #2: Dropping patch annotation from

[bug #59676] [grog] don't use "exists" on array values

Update of bug #59676 (project groff): Summary: [PATCH] [grog] Don't use "exists" on array values => [grog] don't use "exists" on array values ___ Follow-up Comment #5: Dropping patch annotation from duplicate ticket of bug

[bug #60731] undocumented difference in .ce behavior between groff and traditional troff

Update of bug #60731 (project groff): Status: Need Info => In Progress Assigned to:barx => gbranden ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Back in my court; upd

[bug #60731] undocumented difference in .ce behavior between groff and traditional troff

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #60731 (project groff): Uh-oh. The story gets worse. I'll follow up in bug #49614. ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message se

[bug #60731] undocumented difference in .ce behavior between groff and traditional troff

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #60731 (project groff): No, I won't. That's a different project's bug. I mean bug #46914. >:-| ___ Reply to this item at: _

[bug #46914] .ce sometimes ignores right margin

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #46914 (project groff): When filling is enabled and `ce` is used, not only does automatic breaking still take place in spite of no filling proper taking place, but adjustment does too! You just need an example that reveals it. $ cat ATTIC/ce2.roff .de FR Text can be ce

[bug #45034] mdoc(7): add support for the mdocmx(7) reference extension

Follow-up Comment #17, bug #45034 (project groff): See bug #63042 for an attempted resurrection of this issue. ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message se

[bug #63042] want mdocmx(7) extension to mdoc(7)

Update of bug #63042 (project groff): Status:None => Duplicate Open/Closed:Open => Closed Summary: [PATCH] Enhancement: mdocmx(7) extension to mdoc(7) => want mdocmx(7) extension

[bug #55299] [PATCH] "groff -v -e -s -t" produces garbled output on MS-Windows

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #55299 (project groff): Adding CC of Brian Inglis, who now takes care of groff for Cygwin. Brian, can you comment on this issue? ___ Reply to this item at: _

[bug #55335] [PATCH] preconv produces CR CR LF end-of-line on MS-Windows

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #55335 (project groff): Adding CC of Brian Inglis, who now takes care of groff for Cygwin. Brian, can you comment on this issue? ___ Reply to this item at: _

[bug #55695] [PATCH] Troff outputs garbled file names on MS-Windows

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #55695 (project groff): Adding CC of Brian Inglis, who now takes care of groff for Cygwin. Brian, can you comment on this issue? ___ Reply to this item at: _

[bug #55299] [PATCH] "groff -v -e -s -t" produces garbled output on MS-Windows

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #55299 (project groff): I maintain help2man and man-pages-{linux,posix} and some other stuff, Achim Gratz maintains groff, man-db, autotools, binutils, libtool, pkgconf, compressors, archivers, most perl..., and lots of good stuff! No Cygwin problems with latest groff 1.2

[bug #55335] [PATCH] preconv produces CR CR LF end-of-line on MS-Windows

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #55335 (project groff): Cygwin opted for POSIX/Linux/etc. compatibility a few years ago in 2017, and dropped all text mode open patches to utilities including coreutils, gawk, grep, sed, etc. causing some consternation, and much rejoicing amongst those who use it and newl

[bug #55695] [PATCH] Troff outputs garbled file names on MS-Windows

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #55695 (project groff): Most Cygwin packages and GNUtilities no longer support native Windows paths, unless they happen to pass them verbatim down to open, where the file handler may recognize the format and bypass POSIX to Windows path mapping. This is used to provide

[bug #55299] [PATCH] "groff -v -e -s -t" produces garbled output on MS-Windows

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #55299 (project groff): Cygwin works as expected: $ groff -v -e -s -t GNU groff version 1.22.4 Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GNU groff comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute copies of groff and its subprograms under the terms of the G