[bug #59962] soelim(1) man page uses pic diagram--should it?

2024-01-14 Thread Dave
Follow-up Comment #10, bug#59962 (group groff): [comment #8 comment #8:] > You are probably right. Po4a emits: > po4a::man: This page includes another file with '.mso'. Do not forget to translate this file ('pic.tmac'). > But this "other file" ('pic.tmac') does not appear. Ah, pointing to .mso is

Re: [bug #64285] [troff] \D't' (set line thickness) drawing command alters drawing position

2024-01-14 Thread Steve Izma
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 05:23:28PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Subject: [bug #64285] [troff] \D't' (set line thickness) drawing command > alters drawing position > > Update of bug#64285 (group groff): > ... > > If you think fixing a crazy (but well known and documented) > > "feature" is m

[bug #59962] soelim(1) man page uses pic diagram--should it?

2024-01-14 Thread Dave
Follow-up Comment #9, bug#59962 (group groff): [comment #8 comment #8:] > The new macro is a great idea and I agree that it will be > picked up properly very slowly. Is it a GNU extension and > which minimum requirement is attached to it? The .MR man macro originated as an extension in Plan 9 tro

[bug #64285] [troff] \D't' (set line thickness) drawing command alters drawing position

2024-01-14 Thread Dave
Follow-up Comment #14, bug#64285 (group groff): [comment #12 comment #12:] > If you think fixing a crazy (but well known and documented) "feature" > is more important than maintaining 30 years of groff compatibility, I wrote a response to this point as well, then realized I was only repeating my

[bug #64285] [troff] \D't' (set line thickness) drawing command alters drawing position

2024-01-14 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Update of bug#64285 (group groff): Status: Need Info => None Assigned to:deri => gbranden ___ Follow-up Comment #13: [comment #12 comment #1

[bug #63074] [troff] support construction of arbitrary byte sequences in device control commands

2024-01-14 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Follow-up Comment #26, bug#63074 (group groff): In my seat-of-the-pants example, I committed the same crime I complained of: lack of input validation. My point might be easier to understand if I add it in. .nr refno 1 .de DEFREF . nr refno +1 . if !\A'\\$1' \ .ab bogus tag '\\$1' in refer

[bug #63074] [troff] support construction of arbitrary byte sequences in device control commands

2024-01-14 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Follow-up Comment #25, bug#63074 (group groff): [comment #24 comment #24:] > Bug #64484 is marked as fixed. Right, but I believe there was a relationship nevertheless. > I already have a reliable way to pass byte sequences in device control commands, .stringhex. Okay. But it didn't do anything

[bug #64285] [troff] \D't' (set line thickness) drawing command alters drawing position

2024-01-14 Thread Deri James
Follow-up Comment #12, bug#64285 (group groff): [comment #10 comment #10:] > I see very little difference between PS and PDF output for your input exhibit in comment #9, using bleeding-edge _groff_. I agree. > Regarding the topic at issue, I propose that the first and second paragraphs should l

[bug #63074] [troff] support construction of arbitrary byte sequences in device control commands

2024-01-14 Thread Deri James
Follow-up Comment #24, bug#63074 (group groff): Bug #64484 is marked as fixed. I already have a reliable way to pass byte sequences in device control commands, .stringhex. This bug was previously named "warning messages when using special characters in TITLE or AUTHOR" and the attached cyrillic.pd

[bug #62471] [tbl] horizontal and vertical rules are drawn too long in nroff mode

2024-01-14 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Update of bug#62471 (group groff): Status: Fixed => In Progress Open/Closed: Closed => Open ___ Follow-up Comment #10: Ah, but consider this.

[bug #63074] [troff] support construction of arbitrary byte sequences in device control commands

2024-01-14 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Update of bug#63074 (group groff): Depends on: => bugs #64484 ___ Follow-up Comment #23: Adding dependency on bug #64484, because to achieve the aim of this ticket, a reliable means of tran

[bug #59962] soelim(1) man page uses pic diagram--should it?

2024-01-14 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Follow-up Comment #8, bug#59962 (group groff): Hello Dave, sorry for having missed Brandens reply (and thus the delay in responding). #1 I think we discussed this already, I sill think this is not correct, but it does not make sense to discuss this further #2 Thanks for the explanation. a) cons