> find below something that adds the mentioned options and also tweaks
> the make system a bit [...]
Excellent, thanks a lot! To be able to apply this to the repository,
I need a copyright disclaimer (sent privately). As soon as I get a
confirmation from the FSF clerk, I will have a more detail
> Groff throws a *lot* of curves like that at users, particularly
> macro writers. The problem extends beyond the simply incorrect
> computation
>
> .nr temp 7/3 --> \n[temp]=2
Well, `.nr' defines an integer register, so this is really OK. On the
other hand, depending on the register, `\n'
Peter Schaffter :
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014, Deri James wrote:
> > The stated goal for this is to enable doclifter to be able to
> > work better, so that manual pages are on the web, can be browsed
> > and navigated by clicking on links. Does it require doclifter to
> > achieve this? What if we come
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:49:49 -0400
Peter Schaffter wrote:
> Serving PDF manuals from the web has drawbacks, possibly
> serious ones: it assumes an installed PDF reader, and there's
> significant latency involved with firing one up.
In 2014, is there a single web browser remaining not configured
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014, Deri James wrote:
> The stated goal for this is to enable doclifter to be able to
> work better, so that manual pages are on the web, can be browsed
> and navigated by clicking on links. Does it require doclifter to
> achieve this? What if we come from the other direction an
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014, Ted Harding wrote:
> In this reply, I would like to comment on my principal need for
> replacing integer arithmetic...
Your description of the hoops you have to jump through to get
groff/eqn to perform in what, sadly, is still a suboptimal manner
was terrific. I couldn't dec
Hi Bernd,
> > I've not used it, but a look at the man page suggests
> >
> > groffer --debug --ps table
> >
> > might help? Or
> >
> > strace -fe trace=execve groffer --ps table
> >
> > to show all the commands it's running and where it might be getting
> > stuck?
>
> It seems that th
Peter Schaffter :
> Here's the second draft of the mission statement, incorporating
> suggestions from Ingo, Eric, Pierre-Jean, and others. It's starting
> to come into focus, although a third pass will probably be necessary
> before we commit to it.
I'm OK with this version.
--
Here's the second draft of the mission statement, incorporating
suggestions from Ingo, Eric, Pierre-Jean, and others. It's starting
to come into focus, although a third pass will probably be necessary
before we commit to it.
I've dropped all mention of the build system, which, as was pointed
out,
On Mon 17 Mar 2014 19:11:50 Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > http://chuzzlewit.co.uk:8080/cgi-bin/WebManPDF.pl/man:/groff_mdoc
>
> This is amazing! Wonderful! I like it a lot. Indeed, viewing man
> pages this way makes fun.
>
> What software is this? I've never seen before such a system. Can you
>
> http://chuzzlewit.co.uk:8080/cgi-bin/WebManPDF.pl/man:/groff_mdoc
This is amazing! Wonderful! I like it a lot. Indeed, viewing man
pages this way makes fun.
What software is this? I've never seen before such a system. Can you
give more details?
Werner
On Fri 14 Mar 2014 23:26:46 Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > Manpages
> >
> >
> >
> > - improve the semantic usefulness of manpage markup; groff currently
> >
> > formats manpages for TTYs and PostScript from largely
> > presentational markup, however increased use of browsers
> > necessitates par
On 17-Mar-2014 13:56:56 Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>>From ted.hard...@wlandres.net Sun Mar 16 01:01:31 2014
>>
>>Here is a suggestion (it's a technique I use systematically for
>>the purpose you describe). The following is in the context of ms
>>macros, though the same (or possibly a slight variant
>From ted.hard...@wlandres.net Sun Mar 16 01:01:31 2014
>
>Here is a suggestion (it's a technique I use systematically for
>the purpose you describe). The following is in the context of ms
>macros, though the same (or possibly a slight variant) should work
>for other macro sets.
>
>**I first define
Pierre-Jean :
> > Actively supporting is empty verbiage unless you have a mechanical
> > translator from man(7) markup to semantically enriched mdoc(7). You
> > don't, and I know exactly why you don't, because I wrote the pattern
> > analyzer you would need and don't have.
>
> Eric is wright: if d
Hello alls,
Kristaps Dzonsons wrote:
> Even if groff(1) could do as above, and somehow carry over the original
> macro language's "meaning", it'd be only as good as its input language.
> To wit, Eric proposed extending man(7) with semantics to address
> exactly that. And that would give u
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