On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:37:29AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2023-04-27T11:06:20-0400, Carlos wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 05:24:00PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > mso is a request, and it is documented in groff(7) like other > > > requests. > > > > > > I might have time to follow up on the rest later, but I will note > > > briefly that "Ignored because insecure." does not sound like > > > language I recognize from any groff release. It sounds exactly like > > > mandoc(1) documentation--specifically the mandoc_roff(7) page. > > > mandoc is a separate project and groff developers have no > > > responsibility for it. > > > > You're correct. Amazing > > I can think of some other people who are amazed when I'm right... > > [snip] > > and mandoc is also the formatting part of groff > > No. It is a completely independent software project with only slightly > overlapping goals. > > > or else running groff would be useless, > > I suppose some mandoc(1) advocates regard groff as useless if they never > have any need for typesetting. Or they use a TeX distribution, or > Lout...or FrameMaker... > > > am I wrong? correct me if so. I'm a bit tired. > > The history of typesetting software on Unix is lengthy. When groff > 1.23.0 is released, a history I thoroughly revised and updated will be > available in the roff(7) man page. > > > And on groff(7) > > > > .mso file The same as .so except that file is searched in the tmac > > directories. > > > > and therein lies the problem without a kludge > > .mso never loads man.local producing the unwanted blank page > > .mso never loads man.local producing the unwanted blank page > > , .do does instead on 1.22.4 without injecting that blank page > > I don't understand your complaint. Also, do you mean ".do" or ".so"? > Each is a distinctly meaningful request to groff(1).
No complaint except a blank page for no reason It'd be a «.do», «.so» can't interpret anything let alone finding man.local. .so filename Include source file. .mso file The same as .so except that file is searched in the tmac directories. > > Did you ever grep your man.local file for blank lines as I suggested? I guess you'd be right but that's clearly a tangent where the problem lies So let's make sure that man.local is not shipped out with a newline. I checked 1.23 and it's not there. I just checked it and is not there. > > Regards, > Branden -- Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it. -- Steve Jobs (1955-2011)