Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-27 Thread Carlos
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 02:34:27PM -0400, Carlos wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:37:29AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2023-04-27T11:06:20-0400, Carlos wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 05:24:00PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > mso is a request, and it is documented in

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-27 Thread Carlos
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:37:29AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2023-04-27T11:06:20-0400, Carlos wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 05:24:00PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > mso is a request, and it is documented in groff(7) like other > > > requests. > > > > > > I might have ti

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-27 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-04-27T11:06:20-0400, Carlos wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 05:24:00PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > mso is a request, and it is documented in groff(7) like other > > requests. > > > > I might have time to follow up on the rest later, but I will note > > briefly that "Ignored beca

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-27 Thread Carlos
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 05:24:00PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > At 2023-04-24T11:17:08-0400, Carlos wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 12:44:38AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > The `cR` register is documented in groff_man(7). The `ps4html` > > > register is...not do

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-24 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Carlos, At 2023-04-24T11:17:08-0400, Carlos wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 12:44:38AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > The `cR` register is documented in groff_man(7). The `ps4html` > > register is...not documented. :-| > > Thank you for advising me against this > > And by the looks

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-24 Thread Carlos
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 12:44:38AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > At 2023-04-23T11:38:39-0400, Carlos wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 04:33:52PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > At 2023-04-22T16:46:00-0400, Carlos wrote: > > > > Sure. But no one's sure of the cause of

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-23 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Carlos, At 2023-04-23T11:38:39-0400, Carlos wrote: > On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 04:33:52PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2023-04-22T16:46:00-0400, Carlos wrote: > > > Sure. But no one's sure of the cause of the blank page. > > > > > > If you had to guess, what would it be? > > > > At pr

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-23 Thread Carlos
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 04:33:52PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > At 2023-04-22T16:46:00-0400, Carlos wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 03:00:34PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > At 2023-04-22T12:36:51-0400, Carlos wrote: > > > > How am I supposed to give you an exampl

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-22 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Carlos, At 2023-04-22T16:46:00-0400, Carlos wrote: > On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 03:00:34PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2023-04-22T12:36:51-0400, Carlos wrote: > > > How am I supposed to give you an example? > > > > For a guy who likes manually constructing pipelines, Ralph seems > >

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-22 Thread Carlos
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 03:00:34PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2023-04-22T12:36:51-0400, Carlos wrote: > > How am I supposed to give you an example? > > For a guy who likes manually constructing pipelines, Ralph seems > inordinately disinterested in the intermediate stages when > troub

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-22 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-04-22T12:36:51-0400, Carlos wrote: > How am I supposed to give you an example? For a guy who likes manually constructing pipelines, Ralph seems inordinately disinterested in the intermediate stages when troubleshooting. ;-) Unfortunately the PostScript output you've been sharing is not

Re: groff injects blank page; and program 'pnmtops' can't handle -nosetpage option; can't generate doc/gnu.eps

2023-04-22 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Carlos, At 2023-04-22T10:22:35-0400, Carlos wrote: > > You are not obliged to try out this release candidate in any way, > > but I thought I'd mention it. > > I woudn't mind. As a matter of fact I tried it out, save the program > 'pnmtops' can't handle > -nosetpage option; can't generate doc/

Re: groff injects blank page; and program 'pnmtops' can't handle -nosetpage option; can't generate doc/gnu.eps

2023-04-22 Thread Carlos
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 05:37:24AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > I'll resequence your mail to put the issue you wanted to set aside last. > > At 2023-04-22T05:26:37-0400, Carlos wrote: > > Currently running > > > > the called subprograms: > > > > GNU grops (groff) version

Re: groff injects blank page; and program 'pnmtops' can't handle -nosetpage option; can't generate doc/gnu.eps

2023-04-22 Thread Carlos
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 10:22:35AM -0400, Carlos wrote: > On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 05:37:24AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Hi Carlos, > > > > I'll resequence your mail to put the issue you wanted to set aside last. > > > > At 2023-04-22T05:26:37-0400, Carlos wrote: > > > Currently running

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-22 Thread Carlos
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 04:37:03PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > > That's my result from the teletype. And xterm confirms the same > > pretty much > > As I said elsewhere, give us an example which doesn't work, the command > you run, and the result on the teletype and xterm. > >

Re: groff injects blank page

2023-04-22 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Carlos, > That's my result from the teletype. And xterm confirms the same > pretty much As I said elsewhere, give us an example which doesn't work, the command you run, and the result on the teletype and xterm. -- Cheers, Ralph.

Re: groff injects blank page; and program 'pnmtops' can't handle -nosetpage option; can't generate doc/gnu.eps

2023-04-22 Thread Carlos
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 05:37:24AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > I'll resequence your mail to put the issue you wanted to set aside last. > > At 2023-04-22T05:26:37-0400, Carlos wrote: > > Currently running > > > > the called subprograms: > > > > GNU grops (groff) version

Re: groff injects blank page; and program 'pnmtops' can't handle -nosetpage option; can't generate doc/gnu.eps

2023-04-22 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Carlos, I'll resequence your mail to put the issue you wanted to set aside last. At 2023-04-22T05:26:37-0400, Carlos wrote: > Currently running > > the called subprograms: > > GNU grops (groff) version 1.22.4 > GNU troff (groff) version 1.22.4 Just to establish some common ground, this is

Re: groff injects blank page.

2023-04-22 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Carlos, > .TH, that is normally in the beginning of the page, causes it, or it's > indirectly involved in this blank page. ... > But if I were to type an .ig and two dots in between that pesky `.TH` > macro, the blank page disappears. Can you give the list a short example input and the command