Hi list,
after years of doing my administrative letters with vim :hardcopy plus some
settings[1], I'd like to move on to groffing them with identical look and be
indepenent of the editor.
So, typewriter look, significant whitespace, page number/total heading.
Being new to groff and a bit los
to keep it simple I went without macros and figured out the commands from
https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/groff.html without further help.
For now I may go with https://mro.name/2024/brief-dina4.roff
Having an automatic header line on subsequent pages would be a plus, but isn't
wort
Good morning Branden,
On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:28:04 -0500
"G. Branden Robinson" wrote:
> The subsection/node "Page Location Traps" discusses how to do this and
> offers a simple example of the setup and use of header and footer traps.
frankly I am usually hesitant to engage with traps, but you
Hi Douglas,
On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:33:53 -0400
Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> So I'd welcome palliative advice about my worries.
I'm sorry to say that I share them. With a tool as widely deployed as groff,
compatibility with legacy is huge, and breaking it should merit considerable
benefits above
