good bug filing practices (Re: [bug #59424] ...)

2020-11-11 Thread G. Branden Robinson
[redirecting discussion to groff at gnu org, since I don't think of bug-groff as really a discussion list] At 2020-11-08T02:06:20+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 05:59:16PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Update of bug #59424 (project groff): > > [comment #0 origi

Happy Armistice Day

2020-11-11 Thread G. Branden Robinson
In view of the date, I therefore offer my regrets for subjecting subscribers to groff-commit or pullers from our Git repo to a barrage of artillery shells. Regards, Branden signature.asc Description: PGP signature

AW: Unable to get GROFF_ENCODING to seep through to sourced subfiles

2020-11-11 Thread Walter Harms
If that does not work try (assuming bash): export GROFF_ENCODING=utf8 groff_pipeline rationale: doing GROFF_ENCODING=utf8 groff_pipeline is setting GROFF_ENCODING for the first element only, if anything later in the pipe needs that also it is lost. Using export means that subshell also have this

Re: [DRAFT] Revised groff ms manual for review

2020-11-11 Thread Mike Bianchi
> Overall, let’s (both of us) focus on trimming anything that doesn’t > help a reader get a -ms document together. YES! But don't throw away the trimmings. They often contain info that the more involved readers might value. So maybe there can be an Appendix called "Color Commentary"? ;)

Changing section header autogenerated by 'refer'?

2020-11-11 Thread Dorai Sitaram via
Is there a way to change the text used for the section header inserted by 'refer' before the accumulated references?  By default, it is "References".  Hopefully it isn't hardcoded. --d

Re: Changing section header autogenerated by 'refer'?

2020-11-11 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Wed, 11 Nov 2020, Dorai Sitaram via wrote: Is there a way to change the text used for the section header inserted by 'refer' before the accumulated references? By default, it is "References". Hopefully it isn't hardcoded. With '-mm', it is defined by the string \*(Rp I hacked t

Re: Happy Armistice Day

2020-11-11 Thread Bertrand Garrigues via
Hi Branden, On Wed, Nov 11 2020 at 08:20:26 PM, "G. Branden Robinson" wrote: > In view of the date, I therefore offer my regrets for subjecting > subscribers to groff-commit or pullers from our Git repo to a barrage > of artillery shells. I've replied to this bombardment by firing a commit that

Re: Happy Armistice Day

2020-11-11 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Branden, > In view of the date, I therefore offer my regrets for subjecting > subscribers to groff-commit or pullers from our Git repo to a barrage > of artillery shells. Whether it's Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, as it is in Great Britain, or Veterans Day, I don't think Happy is appropriate

Re: Changing section header autogenerated by 'refer'?

2020-11-11 Thread Bjarni Ingi Gislason
On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 09:42:25PM +, Dorai Sitaram via wrote: > Is there a way to change the text used for the section header inserted by > 'refer' before the accumulated references?  By default, it is "References".  > Hopefully it isn't hardcoded. > > --d Use the file "tmac/sv.tmac" as

Re: Happy Armistice Day

2020-11-11 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-11-11T23:16:28+0100, Bertrand Garrigues wrote: > Hi Branden, > > I've replied to this bombardment by firing a commit that changes 509 > files; well it's just to update the copyright date... This time I've > been more cautious and I think everything is in order. Excellent! > I found no i

Re: Changing section header autogenerated by 'refer'?

2020-11-11 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-11-12T09:00:11+1100, Damian McGuckin wrote: > On Wed, 11 Nov 2020, Dorai Sitaram via wrote: > > > Is there a way to change the text used for the section header inserted > > by 'refer' before the accumulated references? By default, it is > > "References". Hopefully it isn't hardcoded. >