What is the difference between GNU groff and Mac OS X groff

{ echo ".ll 14.2i"; echo ".nr LL 14.2i"; cat '/usr/share/man/man1/man.1'; } | tbl | /usr/bin/groff -Wall -mtty-char -Tascii -mandoc -c | less -is When I use the above command (Mac OS X groff), it works fine. { echo ".ll 14.2i"; echo ".nr LL 14.2i"; cat '/usr/share/man/man1/man.1'; } | tbl | gro

Re: What is the difference between GNU groff and Mac OS X groff

Hello Peny Yu, generally speaking, most software delivered with Mac OS X is totally outdated, usually by several years, sometimes by more than a decade, so if you care about up-to-date software, use a different operating system. An example of a system that is not as outdated as Mac OS X and other

Re: What is the difference between GNU groff and Mac OS X groff

On Apr 12 20:44:31, schwa...@usta.de wrote: > generally speaking, most software delivered with Mac OS X is totally > outdated, usually by several years, sometimes by more than a decade, $ groff --version GNU groff version 1.19.2 Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. That's macOS 10.15

Re: What is the difference between GNU groff and Mac OS X groff

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 01:27:54PM -0500, Peng Yu wrote: > { echo ".ll 14.2i"; echo ".nr LL 14.2i"; cat > '/usr/share/man/man1/man.1'; } | tbl | /usr/bin/groff -Wall -mtty-char > -Tascii -mandoc -c | less -is > > When I use the above command (Mac OS X groff), it works fine. > > { echo ".ll 14.2

Re: What is the difference between GNU groff and Mac OS X groff

Use Homebrew to install the latest version of Groff: $ brew install groff For a full-blown setup: $ brew install groff ghostscript grap less $ brew tap alhadis/troff $ brew install alhadis/troff/man-db dformat > so if you care about up-to-date software, use a different ope