Thank you so much! --Xianwen
James K. Lowden writes:
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 08:08:57 +0100
> Xianwen Chen (???) wrote:
>
>> (See for example,
>> I. ABC
>> )
>>
>> Now, this will produce a space between ABC and ). Is there some way
>> that I can get rid of the space there?
>
> If you're using the
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 08:08:57 +0100
Xianwen Chen (???) wrote:
> (See for example,
> I. ABC
> )
>
> Now, this will produce a space between ABC and ). Is there some way
> that I can get rid of the space there?
If you're using the ms macros, the advice provided is more complicated
than necessary. T
Dear Mr. Corderoy,
> If that distinction is unclear then reading Kernighan's CSTR 54 may help
> as the tutorial at the end creates macros. https://troff.org/54.pdf
>
> I'd also highly recommend it as a good concise introduction to troff,
> and an easy reference to keep returning to.
Thank you ve
Hi Xianwen,
John wrote:
> When learning to use Groff for the first time, my biggest hurdle was
> figuring out where/what everything was. I went some time believing
> man(7) macros were a built-in part of the language. You can liken Roff
> and its macro-packages to TeX and LaTeX — the former is low
> In *roff languages
Just to clarify, Roff and TeX are similar in that their macro packages are
sometimes regarded as separate languages, especially if the macros
themselves are written like a DSL of sorts. mdoc(7) is a noteworthy example
of this.
When learning to use Groff for the first time, my
> First question is on Norwegian characters: ø, å, and æ. It seems that
> I cannot type them as plain text, because the produced PDF file gives
> funny output.
Files which contain Unicode characters need to be pre-processed with
preconv(1).
You can achieve this by running groff(1) with the `-k` sw
At 2019-11-04T08:08:57+0100, Xianwen Chen (陈贤文) wrote:
> Dear list,
Hi Xianwen!
> Today is my second day trying out groff.
Welcome aboard!
> I have over a decade experiences with LaTeX and a few years
> experiences with markdown.
If you're familiar with basic concepts of typesetting you should
On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 01:31:06AM -0800, Dale Snell wrote:
> For the Norwegian characters, you'll need to use constructions like "\[o/]"
> and "\[ae]".
Alternatively, run your input file through "preconv" as the first
preprocessor.
--
Colin Watson [cjwat...
For the Norwegian characters, you'll need to use constructions like "\[o/]"
and "\[ae]". Forgive me, I'm away from my computer right now, and I can't
remember how to specify the "a-with-ring" character. Read the man page for
groff_char(7); that has the whole list of special characters. Oh, and y
Dear list,
Today is my second day trying out groff. I have over a decade
experiences with LaTeX and a few years experiences with markdown.
I have two questions.
First question is on Norwegian characters: ø, å, and æ. It seems that
I cannot type them as plain text, because the produced PDF file g
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