>
> Something I recommend to all serious Unix users is to put the exit status
> in the shell prompt.
Alternatively, you can indicate a non-zero exit status by displaying a
prompt symbol in a different colour than usual. This might be preferable
for folks who prefer fixed-width and/or minimalist p
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
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
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61070 has more info, including varying
behaviors amongst historical (and one modern) troffs.
Hi Peter,
At 2023-02-03T15:11:05-0500, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> Before I file a bug report, I'm wondering if this is unique to me.
>
> echo ".ab" | groff -Tutf8
>
> does not print "User abort". (".ab foo" correctly prints "foo".)
>
> My current build is 1.23.0.rc1.3711-25fb.
It is not uniqu
