[Groff] Problem with `make dist' and VPATH build

I've observed a couple of problems, after doing a `make dist' from a current CVS working copy on my desktop machine, to update groff on my new laptop, without requiring a full development environment there. 1) When doing a VPATH build from the new distribution tarball, the new check for texinfo

[Groff] groff compatibility in Heirloom troff

Hi, I am pleased to announce the availability of a groff compatibility mode and macro set in Heirloom troff . In this mode, Heirloom troff is currently able to - interpret output from GNU tbl, eqn, and pic - use the -ms macros from groff - format t

Re: [Groff] Problem with `make dist' and VPATH build

> 1) When doing a VPATH build from the new distribution tarball, the > new check for texinfo >= 4.8 has introduced this as an unintended > dependency in the distribution. Here's a work around, retaining the > check, but removing the dependency if `groff.info' is already up to > date; Werner, woul

Re: [Groff] patch for pdfroff

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 12:14:08AM +0100, Keith Marshall wrote: > > The problem with this sed script was that it would delete EVERYTHING > > from the `%%Page: n n' marker record for a new page, down to the first > > line of PostScript code following the associated `%%EndPageSetup' > > marker, if it

Re: [Groff] explicit hyphen and numbers

On Friday, 11 August 2006 at 0:11:05 +0200, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > >> BTW, in German, AFAIK, you should use `-', not \[en]. > > Are you sure about this? I just checked a few examples > (real books, so I assume these were created by professional > typesetters) both old (letterpress stuff, yay!)