Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

Hi, Bernd Warken wrote: > I did not have any trouble with my Debian version. This bug is not > part of groffer. A bug report to evince telling them the erroneous > version of evince would make more sense. It is not a bug. It is the normal behaviour on some very popular systems. evince is not

Re: [Groff] pdfroff produces two copies

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 09:57:20AM -0500, Blake McBride wrote: > If I take a plain troff input file and execute: > > pdfroff test1.tr >test1.pdf > acroread test1.pdf > > > Two copies of the document are contained in test1.pdf Yes, I discovered this the other day. It's Debian bug 538326:

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

> Von: "Blake McBride" > Having less control over evince and all the other programs that have this > (very sensible) behaviour, I think groffer should have an option to not > delete the temporary files. Perhaps possible future evocations of groffer > by the same user could delete old temp files.

[Groff] pdfroff produces two copies

If I take a plain troff input file and execute: pdfroff test1.tr >test1.pdf acroread test1.pdf Two copies of the document are contained in test1.pdf

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

Having less control over evince and all the other programs that have this (very sensible) behaviour, I think groffer should have an option to not delete the temporary files. Perhaps possible future evocations of groffer by the same user could delete old temp files. Blake McBride On Mon, Aug 3, 2

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

Hi, > OK, Kal is back from lunch on #evince. There isn't a command-line > option to make #2 not exit. #2 hands the work over to #1 using D-Bus. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Bus > > If evince is compiled without D-Bus support, each evince will act > independently. I'd guess that wou

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

Hi, > Whatever the reason for the differences we're seeing, it seems clear > that this is what's making evince unsuitable for use with groffer for > Blake unless he stops groff deleting the temporary file. Perhaps > there's some option to evince that'll make #2 do the work itself, as > if it cou

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

Hi, Bernd Warken wrote: > I tried that with groff 1.18.1 of Debian testing and the actual > CVS-code of 1.20.1. In both variations, xour groffer command worked > without problems. The temporary file was not deleted. even wtih > several evince programs running. > > Maybe your evince version is b

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

On 02-Aug-09 23:32:27, Blake McBride wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Ted Harding > wrote: > >> On 02-Aug-09 19:20:39, Bernd Warken wrote: >> >> Von: "Blake McBride" >> > T> groffer --ps --ps-viewer evince groff >> >> It doesn't display the pages (although "evince file.ps" works >> >