Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.

2017-11-08 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> (It seems one list adds [Groff] and the commit list adds [groff] and so > Mailman doesn't uniq them.) Should be fixed now, using `[groff]' everywhere. Werner

Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.

2017-11-08 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> BTW, doesn't >> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/tmac/strip.sed still >> have a `#' comment from before Brandon's change? tmac/fixmacros.sed >> also has one. > > That's true: > > 222812ab4 (Werner LEMBERG 2006-06-06 16:49:39 + 4) # strip comment That probably predat

Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.

2017-11-08 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2017-11-08T11:37:37+, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Werner, > > > What about putting this information into a tmac.sed.README or > > something similar? > > I'm not sure how useful the information was? And how much it might > mislead if it's read instead of the sed. :-) If my explanation was

Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.

2017-11-08 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Werner, > What about putting this information into a tmac.sed.README or > something similar? I'm not sure how useful the information was? And how much it might mislead if it's read instead of the sed. :-) BTW, doesn't http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/tmac/strip.sed still have

Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.

2017-11-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> Unfortunately, this is problematic. Portable sed scripts shouldn't >> have comments at all... Have a look into the `autoconf' manual >> (type `i sed RET') for limitations of `sed' on various platforms – >> maybe this is no longer of relevance today, but there are high >> chances that groff ge

Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.

2017-11-07 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2017-11-07T22:21:30+0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations. > > > > +# > > +# 1. Strip whitespace after a leading ".". > > ... > > Unfortunately, this is problematic. Portable sed scripts shouldn't > have comments at all... Have a look into the `autoconf' manua

Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.

2017-11-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations. > > +# > +# 1. Strip whitespace after a leading ".". > ... Unfortunately, this is problematic. Portable sed scripts shouldn't have comments at all... Have a look into the `autoconf' manual (type `i sed RET') for limitations of `sed' on various platforms