Re: [Groff] Inline evaluation of calculations?

2006-05-12 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > I was wondering if there was a way to, for example, print the > > result of \n%+1 without using a junk variable. I didn't see a > > request equivalent to "eval" in the manpages or the texinfo thing. > > I'm not aware of one either (though of course the "junk variable" > method works fine). I t

Re: [Groff] Hey, our headman is in the news!

2006-05-12 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > > Vertical shrinkable (or rather, stretchable) space can be > > > done easily with macros and a diversion. > > > > Well, yes, but using diversion has a lot of side effects... > > What do you mean by "side effects"? Mainly that data put into a diversion can't be completely `unformatted'. I

Re: [Groff] Debian considers GNU FDL conditionally free

2006-05-12 Thread Meg McRoberts
Interesting -- thanks for sending this on. Dumb question: What consitutes "modifiable documentation"? Are documents in a format that requires a proprietary tool considered modifiable? I'm thinking of Word/OpenOffice or Framemaker. What about PDF files? There is now software to turn PDF files int

Re: [Groff] Suggested tbl enhancement

2006-05-12 Thread T. Kurt Bond
I've always wanted a tbl column modifier that indicated that the table should be extended to the current document column width and any extra width allocated to the modified tbl column. This would make it easy to have tables as wide as a document column with one tbl column as wide as possible for e

Re: [Groff] Another small www.tmac patch

2006-05-12 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> This patch provides PORPHANS support (if the register has been > defined) for list items. I don't see a patch. Please repost. Werner ___ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff

Re: [Groff] Suggested tbl enhancement

2006-05-12 Thread Gaius Mulley
Larry Kollar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > > It sounds like a good idea, but there are so many potential > > > enhancements that would make tbl easier to live with that it's > > > almost worth a rewrite. > > > > Hmm, can you post a TODO, please? > > My short list is

[Groff] Debian considers GNU FDL conditionally free

2006-05-12 Thread Bernd Warken
The web side http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060316 states: The Debian project has decided that documents distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) are considered free with regards to the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) if they don't contain any unmodifiable parts. Thi