[bug #61062] [PATCH] Errors from a new "automake" about undefined macros "AC_..."

2023-08-30 Thread Dave
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #61062 (project groff): [http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/m4/groff.m4 m4/groff.m4] has changed enough since this patch was put forward that it no longer applies. I've attached an updated patch. I don't know enough (i.e., anything) about the build system t

[bug #64612] consider an environment variable for general resources/inclusions

2023-08-30 Thread G. Branden Robinson
URL: Summary: consider an environment variable for general resources/inclusions Group: GNU roff Submitter: gbranden Submitted: Wed 30 Aug 2023 02:25:04 PM UTC Category: Genera

[bug #64577] [grops] can't embed/download fonts from a subdirectory

2023-08-30 Thread Dave
Follow-up Comment #14, bug #64577 (project groff): [comment #12 comment #12:] > So let us spin this into a new ticket. Spun into bug #64612. ___ Reply to this item at: ___

[bug #64612] consider an environment variable for general resources/inclusions

2023-08-30 Thread Dave
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #64612 (project groff): [comment #0 original submission:] > an old idea of Werner's to decouple terminal output devices from > their character set encodings. Dave can maybe help locate the > ticket we have about that. Bug #60536, but it merely states the idea, and conta

[bug #60536] separate concepts of device and output encoding

2023-08-30 Thread Dave
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #60536 (project groff): A design for grotty parallel to that of grops was spitballed in bug #64612. See the paragraph starting "What's an encoding file?" and the couple following paragraphs. ___ Reply to this ite

[bug #64612] consider an environment variable for general resources/inclusions

2023-08-30 Thread Deri James
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #64612 (project groff): Just checking if I am understanding this correctly. GROFF_FONT_PATH will still point to a directory containing groff font resources for each post-processor. Individual directories for each output driver contain groff stuff (DESC, download, groff fo

[bug #64612] consider an environment variable for general resources/inclusions

2023-08-30 Thread Phil Chadwick
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #64612 (project groff): I think what you are saying is that the groff-specific font metric files (e.g. "desc/TR") should remain where they have always been. Agreed -- they are specific to groff, and there is no need to change the current system. The Type 1 fonts (.pfa,