Re: 1000+ warnings (was: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page)

2024-10-28 Thread G. Branden Robinson
[self-follow-up] Hi Deri, At 2024-10-10T18:50:47-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2024-10-11T00:06:10+0100, Deri wrote: > > On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 16:33:21 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > If the warning was about the AT&T fontnames being deprecated but > > > > no change to the f

Re: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page

2024-10-17 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2024-10-17T19:27:08+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > > It would be more illuminating to note that "test-nroff" is a script > > of your creation that does not, and has not ever, existed in GNU > > groff. > > > The fate of "test-nroff" was decided in bug #55941. Yes. I don't think any of t

Re: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page

2024-10-17 Thread Bjarni Ingi Gislason
On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 08:31:20PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Bjarni, > > At 2024-10-07T23:00:59+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > > Package: groff > > Version: upstream, GIT HEAD > > Severity: minor > > Tags: patch > > If this were a Savannah ticket I would close it as "Invalid" > imm

Re: 1000+ warnings (was: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page)

2024-10-10 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Deri, At 2024-10-11T00:06:10+0100, Deri wrote: > On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 16:33:21 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > If the warning was about the AT&T fontnames being deprecated but > > > no change to the font used (i.e. continue to use CR), even though > > > there would be 1000+ warning

Re: 1000+ warnings (was: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page)

2024-10-10 Thread Deri
On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 16:33:21 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > If the warning was about the AT&T fontnames being deprecated but no > > change to the font used (i.e. continue to use CR), even though there > > would be 1000+ warnings, it would achieve your desire to drop support > > for the

Re: 1000+ warnings (was: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page)

2024-10-09 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Deri, At 2024-10-09T16:08:58+0100, Deri wrote: > On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 12:57:47 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Maybe I felt like somebody who just endured a blitz of 1,000 > > warnings... > > > > troff:./utp_ix.t:4034: warning: cannot select font 'CW' > > > > ...that he didn't care

1000+ warnings (was: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page)

2024-10-09 Thread Deri
On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 12:57:47 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Maybe I felt like somebody who just endured a blitz of 1,000 warnings... > > troff:./utp_ix.t:4034: warning: cannot select font 'CW' > > ...that he didn't care about. 😅 > > Regards, > Branden Hi Branden, I noticed you fixe

Re: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page

2024-10-09 Thread G. Branden Robinson
[re-sending, slightly modified, to list] Hi onf, At 2024-10-09T00:04:07+0200, onf wrote: > On Tue Oct 8, 2024 at 3:31 AM CEST, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > [...] > > > > At 2024-10-07T23:00:59+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > > > [...] > > > "printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -m

Re: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page

2024-10-08 Thread onf
On Tue Oct 8, 2024 at 3:31 AM CEST, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > [...] > > At 2024-10-07T23:00:59+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > > [...] > > "printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -mandoc -Z - " > > [...] > The foregoing is also revealing of a low level of sophistication with > printf

Fwd: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page

2024-10-08 Thread Douglas McIlroy
Once again I emailed the wrong list, so here it is again, sent to both, since it touches on both groff and history. Sorry, Doug -- Forwarded message - From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 8:21 AM Subject: Re: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for

Re: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page

2024-10-07 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Bjarni, At 2024-10-07T23:00:59+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > Package: groff > Version: upstream, GIT HEAD > Severity: minor > Tags: patch If this were a Savannah ticket I would close it as "Invalid" immediately. "Unreproducible" also applies. >* What led up to the situation? > >

groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for this man page

2024-10-07 Thread Bjarni Ingi Gislason
Package: groff Version: upstream, GIT HEAD Severity: minor Tags: patch * What led up to the situation? Checking for defects with [test-][g|n]roff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -ww -b -z < "man page" [test-groff is a script in the repository for "groff"] (local copy and "troff" slight