[Groff] Readymade Deb-Packages for groff 1.21

2011-01-22 Thread Patrik Schindler
Hello, anyone made debian-packages for lenny of groff 1.21? I'm struggling with makefile-hardcoded pathes for xditview and other glitches. :wq! PoC

[Groff] Publications that use troff [troff.org] - additions

2011-01-22 Thread Ralph Graulich
Hello Ralph! Hello troffers! A copy of this mail is sent to the groff-list, because it may be of general interest. [ref. http://www.troff.org/pubs.html] While I browsed through some documentation, I discovered that a whole set of manuals was produced with troff: (1) OSF/Motif: User's Guid

[Groff] New option `-j' to call chem within groff

2011-01-22 Thread Werner LEMBERG
As the title says: A new option `-j' is now available to groff to call the `chem' preprocessor. Werner

Re: [Groff] groff_mom(7) - incorrect directory listed under FILES section

2011-01-22 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> It seems that the man page for the contributed mom macro package > (groff_mom(7)) shows an incorrect path to the examples; see supplied > patch. Fixed, thanks; the path to the HTML documentation was incorrect, too. Werner

[Groff] groff_mom(7) - incorrect directory listed under FILES section

2011-01-22 Thread Ralph Graulich
Hello troffers! It seems that the man page for the contributed mom macro package (groff_mom(7)) shows an incorrect path to the examples; see supplied patch. --- groff-1.21/contrib/mom/groff_mom.man2010-12-31 08:33:09.0 +0100 +++ groff-1.21/contrib/mom/groff_mom.man.fixed 2011-

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to

2011-01-22 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> "If the optional second argument to de is present it is used > as the macro closure request instead of `..'" Applied, thanks. Kudos to all who have given a helping hand. Werner

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to

2011-01-22 Thread Deri James
On Saturday 22 Jan 2011 11:25:58 Ted Harding wrote: > On 22-Jan-11 11:03:47, Deri James wrote: > > On Saturday 22 Jan 2011 09:54:45 Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> >> "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to > >> >> > >> >> ¡.end¢." > >> >> > >> >> For me this sentence i

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to

2011-01-22 Thread Ted Harding
On 22-Jan-11 11:03:47, Deri James wrote: > On Saturday 22 Jan 2011 09:54:45 Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> >> "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to >> >> >> >> ¡.end¢." >> >> >> >> For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the >> >> meaning is obvious.

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-22 Thread Deri James
On Saturday 22 Jan 2011 09:54:45 Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >>"The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to > >> > >> ‘.end’." > >> > >> For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the > >> meaning is obvious. > > > > It was the same thing for me, I couldn

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-22 Thread Pierre-Jean
Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >>"The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to > >> ‘.end’." > >> > Any improvement in the wording is highly welcomed. It's quite not easy for me, but let's try this: "If a second argument is given to de (for exemple .de name end),

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-22 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to >> ‘.end’." >> >> For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the >> meaning is obvious. > > It was the same thing for me, I couldn't exactly understand this > until I saw examples in om.tmac. Any improveme

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-22 Thread Pierre-Jean
Ralph Graulich wrote: > "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to ‘.end’." > > For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the meaning is > obvious. It was the same thing for me, I couldn't exactly understand this until I saw examples in om.tmac. But I'