Re: Parallel Typesetting

This is a great idea but it includes diversions which took me a long time to get happy with and I'm a huge troff fan. The person who asked is so far away from understanding those. I don't want to discourage that person, just saying that you need to use troff for a while to get it. I'm happy to h

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

> > I have no problem adding an item to the PROBLEMS file with a chunk of > groff source that people can put in their site "man.local" or "troffrc" > files to achieve the ASCII-degradation of the five glyphs that novice man > page writers abuse so copiously. Can we *please* be practical about thi

Re: Parallel Typesetting

I don't see how to typeset a multilingual text parallel by page strictly within groff. However, suppose 1. the input comes from two different files that contain synch points. 2 corresponding synch points must appear on facing pages. 3. segments between successive sync points always fit on one pag

Re: Parallel Typesetting

> I'm trying to see how much trouble it would be to typeset > a bilingual text parallel by pages, as in, one language on > the recto page, the other on the verso page, synchronized > somehow by paragraph, preferably more or less automagically. I would say you could do this with a number of custo

Re: Parallel Typesetting

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 03:54:45PM -0400, Hendursaga wrote: > > May I suggest formatting side-by-wide text on a single page using tbl(1) . > > > > This will get you the side by side paragraphs (or whatever lumping you > > want) automagically with only complete lumps on each page. > > Thanks for

Re: Parallel Typesetting

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 02:02:31PM -0400, Hendursaga wrote: > Hello Groffers! > > I'm trying to see how much trouble it would be to typeset a > bilingual text parallel by pages, as in, one language on the recto > page, the other on the verso page, synchronized somehow by paragraph, > preferably mo

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

Why did v9 or v10, whichever it was, switch from using minus signs to using hyphens for options? -- Humm

Groff Typesetting Program

Good Afternoon, If I may, I would very much like to ask you a couple of questions regarding Groff. Would I be able to run your Groff typesetting program on a Windows XP computer? And, would it be possible to export typeset pages as a BMP? Thanks very much, Chris

Parallel Typesetting

Hello Groffers! I'm trying to see how much trouble it would be to typeset a bilingual text parallel by pages, as in, one language on the recto page, the other on the verso page, synchronized somehow by paragraph, preferably more or less automagically. I've searched the list already and came upo

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

At 2022-05-26T10:23:51-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > and another for PDF, whence goes the road you and Ingo are walking It Of course I meant "whither". Boy, is my face crimson! Regards, Branden signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

Hi Branden, On 5/26/22 17:23, G. Branden Robinson wrote: [...] So, here's Mean Mr. Mustard. Anybody who's read the previous discussion(s) we've had on this list about it, or the current version of the groff_char(7) man page, will be aware of my objections (the latter because I think those objec

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

Hi John, At 2022-05-27T00:38:31+1000, John Gardner wrote: > Please consider #62494 ASAP. I'm afraid I have to say I _have_ considered it; I just haven't mustered the energy to write a message pushing back on you and Ingo about it yet. So, here's Mean Mr. Mu

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

Hi, Kurt! At 2022-05-26T10:29:04-0400, T. Kurt Bond wrote: > I really need to get the install-font script POSIXfied then, don't I? > Is there a specific timeframe? I don't have one to impose. I can't do an RC myself because (1) I don't know how to do the part that interacts with alpha.gnu.org in

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

Hi Branden, I'm running out of things I can think of to do before RC2. > Please consider #62494 ASAP. Otherwise, it's going to piss a lot of users off. Regards, — J On Thu, 26 May 2022 at 13:56, G. Branden Robinson < g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

I really need to get the install-font script POSIXfied then, don't I? Is there a specific timeframe? On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:56 PM G. Branden Robinson < g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bertrand, > > I'm running out of things I can think of to do before RC2. > > Below, I'll excerpt t

Re: groff 1.23.0.rc2 readiness

Hi Branden, > I should also note that Bjarni suggested that we CC the GNU > platform-testers list on our future beta/RC announcements. If you > like this idea and it works out, I can add this step to "FOR-RELEASE". > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61939 Sounds a great idea. I didn't know of tha