[self-follow-up] At 2024-02-12T13:00:43-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I'm also attaching a sample document that people can use to test the > nroff(1)/man(7) on their system.
If I had a nickel for every time I forget the attachment... > Here's how I tested it with groff, mandoc(1), Heirloom Doctools, and > DWB 3.3. The location of your installed groff will likely differ. > > $ ~/groff-stable/bin/nroff -t -man manexercise.man > $ mandoc manexercise.man | ul > $ ./bin/tbl manexercise.man | ./bin/nroff -man | ul > $ DWBHOME=. ./bin/tbl manexercise.man | DWBHOME=. ./bin/nroff -man | ul > > (The pipe through ul(1) is necessary with non-GNU nroffs to convert the > output from Model 37-oriented overstriking sequences to the escape > sequences suitable to produce varying font styles on the terminal. AT&T > nroff preceded termcap and terminfo by several years and as far as I > know, no one ever migrated it to use either one, even long after > teletypewriters were abandoned as terminal devices. If your system > doesn't have ul(1), use col(1).) Regards, Branden
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