verification instructions for groff 1.23.0.rc2

2023-02-04 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Due to some infrastructure problems, I couldn't offer GPG verification details for the distribution archive in my earlier announcement. Please find them below. At 2023-02-04T12:48:20-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > groff 1.23 release candidate 2, 1.23.0.rc2, is now available from GNU's > alpha

Re: .ab oddity

2023-02-04 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Peter, At 2023-02-04T16:09:55-0500, Peter Schaffter wrote: > The reasoning makes sense but now you have to jump through a hoop > when you're using .ab for debugging. I usually debug with the -z > flag. Formerly, > > echo -e ".nr foo 1\n.if r foo .ab\n" | groff -z > > would helpfully spit

Re: .ab oddity

2023-02-04 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Fri, Feb 03, 2023, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I felt it was unorthogonal for `ab` to force a message onto the > standard error stream when the `tm` request (and groff's several > relatives of it) already existed.[1] > > Part of the idea here is that you can then use `am` to stick an abort > r

groff 1.23.0.rc2 available for testing

2023-02-04 Thread G. Branden Robinson
groff 1.23 release candidate 2, 1.23.0.rc2, is now available from GNU's alpha FTP site. You may download the distribution archive from there. https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/groff/ What is groff? == groff (GNU roff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text input files that include