Re: [groff] A few newb questions about Troff typesetting

Hi Ted, > .ds RED "\X'ps: exec 1 0 0 setrgbcolor' But with `.gcolor red' one gets PostScript independence? Perhaps -mted predates groff's colours? :-) -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy

Re: [groff] A few newb questions about Troff typesetting

> See `info groff Colors | less' Also man groff_man. To see what's on offer nearby: ls /usr/share/man/man7/groff*

Re: [groff] A few newb questions about Troff typesetting

And I'll aff my biut to this (see below). On Tue, 2017-11-28 at 14:57 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi, > > I'll take an easy one. > > > > 1) How do I use colours inside documents? For example, I want to > > >colour a word blue. Also, are there ways to colour graphic > > >primitives a

Re: [groff] A few newb questions about Troff typesetting

> > 2) How do I include pictures in my documents? Pictures in this > >sense mean real-life pictures, like the ones in JPG or PNG. Pictures have to be converted either to eps or pdf. If your output is PostScript, converted eps images are inserted with the PSPIC macro (see groff_tmac(5)). If

Re: [groff] A few newb questions about Troff typesetting

I'll take another easy one: > > 3) Is the `-dpaper` option the proper way to set the paper size? > >Are there more proper ways? There's two parts to this. First, the typesetter itself (which has to decide where to place each letter of your text) has to know how large the paper is and how la

Re: [groff] A few newb questions about Troff typesetting

Hi, I'll take an easy one. > > 1) How do I use colours inside documents? For example, I want to > >colour a word blue. Also, are there ways to colour graphic > >primitives as well? How about invert all colours? Basically, > >how is colour-trickery done? See `info groff Colors | l

Re: [groff] A few newb questions about Troff typesetting

[Forwarding to the right list, cf. https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff. Please subscribe!] > Hello, this isn't going to be about any bugs. So far, I haven't > seen any bugs. However, I would like to start by asking a few > n00bish questions I have regarding Troff typesetting in gener

[groff] [UTROFF] Utmac-0.4

Hello alls, I am pleased to announce you Utmac-0.4, the last version of my set of macros for Heirloom Troff. It is available on . It has been four years since I published a version and wrote on this list: After my PhD, I found myself unemployed, and with my newborn child, that