[Groff-commit] groff ChangeLog man/ditroff.man

2012-12-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
CVSROOT:/cvsroot/groff Module name:groff Changes by: Werner LEMBERG wl 12/12/27 21:55:19 Modified files: . : ChangeLog man: ditroff.man Log message: * man/ditroff.man: Typographical improvements and typos. CVSWeb URLs:

[Groff-commit] groff ChangeLog man/ditroff.man man/groff_diff....

2012-12-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
CVSROOT:/cvsroot/groff Module name:groff Changes by: Werner LEMBERG wl 12/12/27 22:06:35 Modified files: . : ChangeLog man: ditroff.man groff_diff.man groff_font.man Log message: * man/groff_font.man: Typographical

bug in postscript output of -me macro .(b

2012-12-27 Thread Dave Kemper
This bug appears in GNU groff version 1.21. In the -me reference manual, the description for .(b says: If the block will not fit on the current page a new page is begun, unless that would leave more than \n(bt [0] white space at the bottom of the text. If \n(bt is zero, the threshold

Re: groff_font.man: Some corrections and cleanup in the groff_font(5) manual

2012-12-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
\~\c is removed as it is not needed (any more). This is a bad idea. I don't want to read ... and for each font F a font file called F. Instead, I want the single letter `F' bound to its associated word: ... and for each font F a font file called F. Besides this, I've

[Groff] [mom] string arguments and double quotes

2012-12-27 Thread Bertrand Garrigues
Hi, I need to put double quotes within string arguments, for example a HEADING. According to the documentation, inline escapes \(lq and \(rq should be used. However I found out that using (two double-quotes) works fine too, and I find it more convenient. Is that just by chance or can I

Re: [Groff] [mom] string arguments and double quotes

2012-12-27 Thread Denis M. Wilson
Yes, you can use a double quote in a macro argument (it is documented and has been there forever). But it gives you the ASCII quote mark, not the typographical open and close quotes which are use in typesetting English (\[lq] and \[rq]). What special symbols you use would depend on the language,

Re: [Groff] [mom] string arguments and double quotes

2012-12-27 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012, Denis M. Wilson wrote: Yes, you can use a double quote in a macro argument (it is documented and has been there forever). But it gives you the ASCII quote mark, not the typographical open and close quotes which are use in typesetting English (\[lq] and \[rq]). If