Re: [Groff] make check doesn't work

2006-11-09 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Werner Lemberg wrote, quoting Bernd Warken: >> With these troubles `make check' cannot be recommended. > > Yep. It should be disabled completely. Can you do that? Hmm. IIRC, `make check' is a mandatory target for GCS compliance; as a GNU Project, we should keep the `check' rule in the Makefiles

[Groff] New roff2* programs

2006-11-09 Thread Bernd Warken
In the new groffer update, there are some new programs that transform `roff' input into different formats: `roff2dvi' prints dvi format to standard output, `roff2html' generates html output, `roff2pdf' outputs pdf mode, `roff2ps' produces PostScript output, `roff2text' generates text output in the

Re: [Groff] New roff2* programs

2006-11-09 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Bernd Warken wrote: > With the availability of these programs, it is no longer necessary to > provide PostScript output for the `groff' example files because > everyone can easily generate these files. A suitable README file > could be written. I think it's still worth providing the PostScr

Re: [Groff] make check doesn't work

2006-11-09 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> as a GNU Project, we should keep the `check' rule in the Makefiles, > even if we leave it reporting only `nothing to be done for check'. This is what I mean with `disabling'. Werner ___ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mail

Re: [Groff] make check doesn't work

2006-11-09 Thread Keith Marshall
On Thursday 09 November 2006 9:52 pm, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > as a GNU Project, we should keep the `check' rule in the Makefiles, > > even if we leave it reporting only `nothing to be done for check'. > > This is what I mean with `disabling'. Fair enough; that wasn't clear earlier, and I just wa

Re: [Groff] New roff2* programs

2006-11-09 Thread Bernd Warken
> Von: Ralph Corderoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think it's still worth providing the PostScript files because they may > not have a system where they can get things working sufficiently to > produce them, despite a README. Further, it's more hassle and they may > just want a quick peruse without th

Re: [Groff] multiple EPS images placed on a page

2006-11-09 Thread Larry Kollar
Dean Allen Provins wrote: I need to place multiple EPS files across and down a large page (A0 or E size). OpenOffice presentation mode works, but it is easy to confuse files when placing them, resulting in missed or duplicate images. Groff provides a facility to place only 3 across and se