Re: [Groff] refer help

2010-09-04 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> \*[foo Blow2], with macro "foo" blank, as above, prints the entry > correctly but refer doesn't sort it (probably something to do with > the asterisk). It winds up at the top of the bibliography. > > %A \C'Blow2'\[duplicate] works reliably, so it's probably the best > solution. The "2" is abi

Re: [Groff] refer help

2010-09-04 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Another question/oddity. Although it isn't likely one would need > two .R1 / .R2 blocks in the same document, in the case that one > does, the second causes groff (or refer? I'm not sure which) to emit > to stderr > > test: 12: .R1: unexpected operator > > unless the .R1 is followed by a bla

Re: [Groff] refer help

2010-09-04 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010, Peter Schaffter wrote: > The first is that refer doesn't appear to recognize named glyphs in > a refer database, eg "Encyclop\[ae]dia Britannica" comes out as > "Encyclop dia Britannica" and "Antoine de St-Exup\['e]ry" as > "Antoine de St-Exup ry". Is there a solution to this

Re: [Groff] refer help

2010-09-04 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Sat, Sep 04, 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > > The first is that refer doesn't appear to recognize named glyphs in a > > refer database, eg "Encyclop\[ae]dia Britannica" comes out as > > "Encyclop dia Britannica" and "Antoine de St-Exup\['e]ry" as "Antoine > > de St-Exup ry". Is

Re: [Groff] refer help

2010-09-04 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Sat, Sep 04, 2010, Werner Lemberg wrote: > > > The first is that refer doesn't appear to recognize named glyphs in > > a refer database, eg "Encyclop\[ae]dia Britannica" comes out as > > "Encyclop dia Britannica" and "Antoine de St-Exup\['e]ry" as > > "Antoine de St-Exup ry". Is there a soluti

Re: [Groff] refer help

2010-09-04 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Peter: On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 08:38:45PM -0400, Peter Schaffter wrote: > Any refer experts out there? I'm overhauling mom's refer handling > to make it fully MLA compliant, and I've encountered two issues. > > The first is that refer doesn't appear to recognize named glyphs in > a refer databas

Re: [Groff] opentype and postscript fonts

2010-09-04 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I've made some tests. Here is a tutorial about how to use OpenType > fonts with groff. Thanks! I haven't tested yet your recipe, however, some comments. > 1) OpenType font format is just an encapsulation of TrueType fonts > or PostScript fonts. This is a exaggerating simplification, but I th

Re: [Groff] refer help

2010-09-04 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> The first is that refer doesn't appear to recognize named glyphs in > a refer database, eg "Encyclop\[ae]dia Britannica" comes out as > "Encyclop dia Britannica" and "Antoine de St-Exup\['e]ry" as > "Antoine de St-Exup ry". Is there a solution to this, or a known > workaround? There might be b

Re: [Groff] refer help

2010-09-04 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, > The first is that refer doesn't appear to recognize named glyphs in a > refer database, eg "Encyclop\[ae]dia Britannica" comes out as > "Encyclop dia Britannica" and "Antoine de St-Exup\['e]ry" as "Antoine > de St-Exup ry". Is there a solution to this, or a known workaround? Have yo