Re: Putting a bunch of jpg files on an mm document - too slow

e 1 Segmentation fault (core dumped) I'm sure the jpg and mm files are correct. Thanks! Blake On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM Blake McBride wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a bunch of jpg files I need to put into an mm file. The way I am > doing it right now is: > > 1. convert j

Putting a bunch of jpg files on an mm document - too slow

Greetings, I have a bunch of jpg files I need to put into an mm file. The way I am doing it right now is: 1. convert jpg files to ps files using: convert pic.jpg pic.ps 2. Include the pics in the mm file using: .PSPIC pic.ps 4in 3. Run groff: groff -mm file.mm >file.ps 4. Convert the file to

Putting a bunch of jpg files on an mm document - too slow

luding jpg files into an mm document faster? Thanks! Blake McBride

Re: Using arbitrary fonts

Thanks a lot, Kurt!! That worked perfectly. Here is what I did: # sudo ./install-font.sh -s -c -d 'Qalisha Signature Script.ttf' I accepted all of the defaults and remembered the Then in my doc, I did: \f[QalishaSignatureScript]Blake McBride\f[] It came out just as I hoped. Than

Re: Using arbitrary fonts

context? After all of that, doing \f[YOURNEWFONT]Blake McBride\f[] seems easy enough. If I can understand this and get it working, I would be happy to produce formal documentation for inclusion with GROFF (if desired). Thanks! Blake McBride On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 10:20 AM G. Branden Robinson

Using arbitrary fonts

files with the .otf, .ttf, .woff, and .woff2 extensions. What are the exact steps I need to use to use them in a groff/mm document? (I only want one line to use the special font. The rest of the document can use the regular groff fonts.) Thanks for the help!! Blake McBride

Underlining

there is a more modern or current way of doing this. Thanks. Blake McBride

Re: gropdf landscape orientation support (was: [groff] 04/40: [gropdf]: Provide more info in diagnostic message.)

IMO, having multiple ways of specifying landscape is a bad idea and is bound to lead to never-ending confusion. Blake On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 9:48 AM Deri wrote: > On Friday, 18 November 2022 00:30:28 GMT G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Hi Deri, > > > > At 2022-11-17T21:29:43+, Deri wrote:

Re: Putting hyperlinks in a PDF document

onger works. Thanks! Blake On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 9:06 PM G. Branden Robinson < g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Blake, > > At 2022-11-14T18:43:38-0600, Blake McBride wrote: > > Thanks. That helped a lot! > > > > However, if I use "-P-l" on the c

Re: Putting hyperlinks in a PDF document

Thanks. That helped a lot! However, if I use "-P-l" on the command line, it doesn't work. Strange. That makes it print in landscape mode. Any idea what is going on? Thanks! Blake McBride On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 5:31 PM G. Branden Robinson < g.branden.robin...@gmail.com&g

Putting hyperlinks in a PDF document

Greetings, I am using groff with mm and tbl (but not MOM). How can I add hyperlinks to the document? Thanks! Blake McBride

Re: Putting hyperlinks in a PDF document

I am trying: .UR https://yahoo.com Yahoo .UE And then calling: groff -mm -t -Tpdf file.pdf "Yahoo" shows but is not clickable. Sure appreciate some help! Thanks! Blake McBride On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 4:04 PM Blake McBride wrote: > Greetings, > > I am using groff w

Re: Groff hanging when called from Java

Thank you very much! I added: builder.redirectError(new File("/dev/null")); That fixed the problem. Thank you! Blake On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 8:30 AM Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Blake, > > > I passed an errant file to groff through java and the process is > > hanging. > > I've never used Jav

Groff hanging when called from Java

Process p = builder.start(); p.waitFor(); System.out.println("Done."); } } It hangs on the p.waitFor(). If I do a "ps lax |grep groff" I see groff is still running (hung). I am attaching file.mm I know it is wrong, but it shouldn't cause a hang.

Re: Is there any way to make alternate rows of a table have a light gray background?

I have corrected all of the issues. See the attached. Thanks. Blake On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 2:30 PM Blake McBride wrote: > Hi Tadziu, > > Using the code you so graciously supplied, I am having a problem. The > problem occurs when your table spans pages. Since you are creatin

Re: Is there any way to make alternate rows of a table have a light gray background?

groff escape sequences to easily do this. Could you please help me with this? I would really appreciate it! Thank you! Blake McBride On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 7:31 AM Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > > > The data is simple, but the table is wide and the data > > occurs in a right triangle

Re: Changing background color on alternate tbl lines

I see that Tadziu Hoffmann replied to this issue on June 9, 2021. Thanks! Blake On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 8:10 PM Blake McBride wrote: > Greetings, > > I have been using groff/tbl to generate PDF business reports. It works > great. However, I'd like to make the backgrou

Changing background color on alternate tbl lines

Greetings, I have been using groff/tbl to generate PDF business reports. It works great. However, I'd like to make the background color on every other line a different shade/color so that the report is easier to read. How can I do this? Thanks! Blake McBride

Groff on Windows (for PDF output)?

Greetings, I am trying to get Groff working on Windows. I have looked at MinGW, GnuWin32, and ezwinports. While some provide base Groff, none I can see support -Tpdf. Is there any package that does support PDF output on Windows? Thanks! Blake McBride

Re: Nesting tables with tbl

t 3:22 PM Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Blake, > > Blake McBride wrote on Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:50:01PM -0600: > > > I have a need to nest tables as follows: > > I'm reducing the number of columns (no col5 nor col8) > and lines to make the example code small

Re: Nesting tables with tbl

Thanks for the great ideas! What I did for this instance is to put the sub-table inside one of the top-level tables. It's not a general solution but sufficient for my needs in this instance. Incidentally, as I think I mentioned before, I use groff with tbl to produce computer reports. It's far

Re: Nesting tables with tbl

totally new format (as I prefer). Any ideas? Thanks! Blake On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 2:29 PM Blake McBride wrote: > .T& seems to do it! > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 1:50 PM Blake McBride wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I have a need to nest tables as follows: >> &g

Re: Nesting tables with tbl

.T& seems to do it! On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 1:50 PM Blake McBride wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a need to nest tables as follows: > > col1 col2 col3 col4 col5 >col6 col7 col8 >col6 col7 col8 >col6 col7 col8 &g

Nesting tables with tbl

col2 col3 col4 col5 col6 col7 col8 col6 col7 col8 col6 col7 col8 col6 col7 col8 How can I do something like this with TBL? Can I simply nest tables? Thanks! Blake McBride

Problem with configure

Greetings, I am attempting to build the latest rpo copy of groff on 64-bit LinuxMint 19.2. I am running: ./bootstrap ./configure --prefix=/usr and I am getting: [...] checking for pnmtops... found checking whether pnmtops can handle the -nosetpage option... yes checking whether make has built

Error in bootstrap

Greeting, While trying to build the latest git repo on a 64 bit Linux machine, I get the following when running bootstrap: contrib/mom/mom.am:109: error: 'nodist_momprocessedexample_DATA' is used but 'momprocessedexampledir' is undefined Thanks. Blake

Re: [groff] Problems with -Thtml

ing I didn't push too hard. Being someone with a fair degree of troff usage, it is a shame I can't use it in many of the docs I write. Thanks! Blake McBride On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 3:39 PM Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Blake, > > Blake McBride wrote on Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 0

[groff] Problems with -Thtml #2

This MM code also fails to render correctly for HTML: .AL .LI One .LI Two .LE Same problem with bullet lists too. Also, .TC should not produce HTML output. Thanks! Blake McBride

[groff] Problems with -Thtml

d men to come to the aid of their party. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. I am using the latest git-repo of groff and company on a current 64 bit Linux box. Try running this with -Tpdf and -Thtml. The -Tpdf output is what is expected. Any help would sure be appreciated! Blake McBride

Re: [groff] Groff & tbl as a report generator

The following code does what I need: https://github.com/kiss-web/Kiss/blob/master/src/main/java/org/kissweb/Groff.java On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:26 PM Blake McBride wrote: > A few years ago I thought of a really, really good use for groff and tbl. > Thought I'd share. > > I

Re: [groff] Groff & tbl as a report generator

iple pages, the header and footer > rows should repeat across pages (possibly with the caption appended, I > can't remember...) But this should give you an idea of how the PDF is paged > similarly to a proper HTML/CSS print-out. > > (I hope I've not siderailed this discussi

Re: [groff] Groff & tbl as a report generator

y > across pages. > > I strongly recommend wkhtmltopdf <https://wkhtmltopdf.org/> to anybody > else who finds themselves in need of a decent HTML-to-PDF converter. > > On 25 July 2018 at 03:26, Blake McBride wrote: > >> A few years ago I thought of a really, really good use

[groff] Groff & tbl as a report generator

use it as much as I'd like. Now I'll be using it all of the time. This is a great use of groff et al. I will be using it all of the time now! Blake McBride

Re: [groff] Printing landscape with mm

Thanks, Ralph!! On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:56 AM Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Blake, > > > at the beginning of my document I am doing: > > > > .pl 8.5i > > groff_mm(7) talks of `.PGFORM'. > > printf '%s\n' '.PGFORM 9i 8.5i 1i' ".PF 'left'centre'right'" `seq > 3000` | > groff -mm -Tpdf -P-l

[groff] Printing landscape with mm

t;''Page nP''" but the footer doesn't appear. I suppose I could use a trap, but I'd rather stick with mm's PF. Is there a way to get this to work? Thanks! Blake McBride

Re: [groff] A typo on fsf groff wiki page, and question about releasing

Agreed. This also maximizes the chances the distros will pick up the latest version. On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Boyuan Yang <073p...@gmail.com> wrote: > [cc-me please, I'm not on list] > > Hello all, > > I found a typo on the Wiki page of Groff under directory.fsf.org. On the > page > [1],

Re: [Groff] It is time to modernise "groff"

ld documents is a great thing - and much of that has been accomplished with groff. Continuing that trend is good. If you want to create a new tool that takes what was learned from troff and TeX, and produce a better power / simplicity tool - go for it! Blake McBride

[Groff] Groff editor for Android?

d packages save the files in an area that can't be backed up to make money on a backup service. I think it is unethical to hold people hostage over their own data.) Just an idea that I don't have time to implement but would be willing to pay to use. Thanks. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] PDF doesn't work on Windows

Sorry. Found the problem. Linux PDF reader can read Postscript. Adobe Reader cannot. On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Blake McBride wrote: > Hi, > > I created a PDF file with groff and mm under Linux. Looks perfect. I > copied the file to a Windows partition, but when I tr

[Groff] PDF doesn't work on Windows

e file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)." I checked the MD5 on both the Linux copy and the Windows copy. Same value. Not sure what to do. Thanks. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] Tbl - repeating column titles

That did it. Thanks! Didn't know about TS with H and TH. Where is that best documented? (The man page mentions them in the bugs section but it is incomplete.) Thanks. Blake On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:12 AM, wrote: > Blake McBride wrote: > > > I have a table that spans

[Groff] Tbl - repeating column titles

Greetings, I have a table that spans several pages. I would like the tbl column titles to repeat at the top of each page (*independently *of the page title). Can tbl do this? Thanks. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] Heirloom TBL problem

Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 08:35:34PM -0500, Blake McBride wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 3:52 PM, wrote: > > > The interface to .ll is \nW or .PGFORM. At first my plan was to > implement > > > .PGFORM. But *maybe* using W like MS's LL could also make sense.

Re: [Groff] Heirloom TBL problem

.PGFORM is fine, but I would prefer just having .ll work like it does on groff. This way the original docs work and produce as expected. Thanks! Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] Heirloom TBL problem

Also, why would the problem be in MM? MM is working. I think the problem is in tbl. On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Blake McBride wrote: > 1. I do use Heirloom troff and I often use MM. > > 2. The current behavior is wrong, period. The fact that changes are > being made to

Re: [Groff] Heirloom TBL problem

hould too. It doesn't make sense to require all kinds of hoops just to get something as basic as .ll to work. Thanks! Blake McBride On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 9:45 AM, wrote: > Hi Ralph, > > > groff_mm(7): > > > > PGFORM [linelength [pagelength [pageoffset [1]]

Re: [Groff] Heirloom TBL problem

I'd prefer it to be changed to work as expected rather than have to employ secret internal steps. Thanks. Blake On Jun 19, 2015 5:42 AM, "Tadziu Hoffmann" wrote: > > > The "expand" option works correctly (as expected) on groff, > > but when using Heirloom _with_ MM, it doesn't fully expand. > >

[Groff] Heirloom TBL problem

roff -mm |dpost >test.ps You can see that the 2nd column of the table should extend to the end of .ll but it doesn't. If you compare the output of groff to heirloom, the problem is clear. Thanks. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] [mom] Error with footnote and table

When do changes in mom get put into the groff git repository? Thanks. Blake McBride On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Peter Schaffter wrote: > Bertrand -- > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2014, Bertrand Garrigues wrote: > > I have a document (using Mom package) that I generated without p

[Groff] [heirloom]

Greetings, I haven't updated my Heirloom stuff in a little while but I came across an interesting problem. \(lqABC\(rq doesn't put double quotes around ABC like groff and Neatroff do. Thanks. Blake

Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested

Wow. That did fix the problem. Can't find any documentation on it. What about lines in troff? Thanks! Blake On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Carsten Kunze wrote: > Blake McBride wrote: > > > Documents with tables look kind of ugly and out-of-date on the screen. > &

Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Carsten Kunze wrote: > Blake McBride wrote: > > > Also, how does groff get around the problem? > > groff may use a true line where ditroff may use the "_" and "|" characters. > > > Given that most documents are pro

Re: [Groff] new automake system

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > 2. users who build groff from source > > This is, they are using officially distributed `.tar.gz' archives for > compilation and installation (snapshots tarballs of the git repository > don't belong to this type). > Actually, I belon

Re: [Groff] new automake system

Dear Werner, Perhaps I am confused. Let's group users into three categories: 1. users who create documents with an already built groff 2. users who build groff from source 3. users who modify or enhance groff source code - groff developers The type of user I am referring to is number 2. A

Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested

Thanks for the input. I'm traveling right now and don't have access to a printer. I'll check when I get back. Also, how does groff get around the problem? Given that most documents are probably viewed via screen these days, and the ugliness of the dashes, I'd think this is important to fix. Th

Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested

The same is also true with vertical lines with heirloom tbl. A series of small lines is produces rather than a single line. On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Blake McBride wrote: > This is true of =, \_, and \= too. > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Blake McBr

Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested

This is true of =, \_, and \= too. On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Blake McBride wrote: > Greetings, > > Using the following: > > .TS > l . > _ > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > .TE > > > In groff, the line is unbroken (as is desired). In heirloom, a bunch

[Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested

Greetings, Using the following: .TS l . _ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz .TE In groff, the line is unbroken (as is desired). In heirloom, a bunch of dashes are produced. Each dash is separated by a small space. In other words, groff produced a _line_, and heirloom troff produces a _series of das

Re: [Groff] new automake system

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Blake McBride wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> >> > IMO, if the new make system requires a download of something that is >> > already built and installed on my machine, then the new make syst

Re: [Groff] new automake system

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > IMO, if the new make system requires a download of something that is > > already built and installed on my machine, then the new make system > > is significantly worse than using the standard ./configure. > > What Bertrand is working o

Re: [Groff] new automake system

Dear Bertrand, I see. Thanks for the explanation. I hope the ./configure method continues to work as it has. Thanks. Blake On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Bertrand Garrigues < bertrand.garrig...@laposte.net> wrote: > Blake, > > On Tue, Sep 23 2014 at 11:10:59 PM, Blake M

Re: [Groff] new automake system

< bertrand.garrig...@laposte.net> wrote: > Hello Blake, > > On Tue, Sep 23 2014 at 09:04:33 PM, Blake McBride > wrote: > > I am using 64 bit Linux Mint 16. I can build groff just fine. When I > > try the new build system as shown below, bootstrap starts downloading >

Re: [Groff] new automake system

Greetings, I am using 64 bit Linux Mint 16. I can build groff just fine. When I try the new build system as shown below, bootstrap starts downloading gnulib. It shouldn't need it. I already have what groff needs to build. Thanks. Blake McBride On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Ber

[Groff] MM Summary

Greetings, I produced a summary of MM (really for my own benefit) that includes only the things I thought I would make more frequent use of - so it is not exhaustive. I thought I would share it in case others may find it useful. It is at: http://wiki.arahant.com/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=MM Please le

Re: [Groff] Unexpected tbl behavior

, third paragraph from the end in "Table data", > but somewhat fuzzily, neither explaining the "one beyond the end" > nor the "half rounding up" exactly] > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Blake McBride wrote: > > > .TS > > tab(;); > &

Re: [Groff] Unexpected tbl behavior

I still can't understand the output of my previous email, however, I now realize that the output I was looking for is achieved with: .TS tab(;); L L L . AAA;BBB;CCC \_;\_;\_ aaa;bbb;ccc .TE On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Blake McBride wrote: > Greetings, > > Playing w

[Groff] Unexpected tbl behavior

eeded. The second column is not left justified. It has padding on the right and left. The third column had no padding on the right, but does on the left. I don't understand the padding, and worse yet, it is inconsistently applied. I really appreciate help understanding this. Thanks. Blake McBride

[Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes

I found that Groff and Heirloom handle backslashes in tables differently. I actually think both are wrong, but I am not sure. My input is as follows: .TS a a . INPUT PRODUCES \\ abc def .TE I am processing it with tbl & troff but no macro packages. They produce different results - both

Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] Strange characters with MM

I too would rather not have some random space added for historic purposes. Also, if those marks were on every page, it would have been expected that the paper would have been cut, as Carsten states, thus eliminating the extra space anyway, i.e. you'd never have the extra space. On Thu, Aug 28, 2

Re: [Groff] Problem with MM spacing

Looks good. Thanks! On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > Given MM input text: > > > > .nr Hb 0 > > .nr Hs 0 > > .nr Hi 0 > > .H 1 A > > .P > > Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. > > .H 2 B > > .P > > Now is the t

[Groff] [Heirloom] Strange characters with MM

Greetings, If I process the following MM document: Hello with: troff -mm file.mm |dpost >file.ps file.ps has (in addition to what you would expect) two dashes in the upper left of the page, and two dashes in the top right of the page. groff -mm file.mm >file.ps works correctly (without 4 ext

Re: [Groff] Problem with MM spacing

I tried reversing out the changes in that git revision and it fixed the problem. I do not know how to change it so that the fix that patch was intended for and the correct functionality still works correctly. Can someone help with this? Thanks! Blake On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Ralph Cor

Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] Generating doc/ files

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Pierre-Jean wrote: > Blake McBride wrote: > > > The documents should be changed to use included or > > standard fonts only. > > For the troff documentation I agree, we should use the > default font. > > > If included or stand

Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] Generating doc/ files

Using private, non-standard, or not-included fonts to document the package with the fonts makes utterly no sense. The documents should be changed to use included or standard fonts only. This will avoid every new user from questioning their build or the package itself. If included or standard fon

Re: [Groff] Problem with MM spacing

groff --version returns 1.22.2 Having said that, however, it is probably a git version I built at some point. I suggest that non-release versions of groff should display the GIT revision number in addition to the version number in order to remove all ambiguities. I've suggested this to several o

[Groff] Problem with MM spacing

Greetings, Given MM input text: .nr Hb 0 .nr Hs 0 .nr Hi 0 .H 1 A .P Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. .H 2 B .P Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. Groff produces output in which the section headers are o

[Groff] Creating an index with mom

ility first. IMO, this would be a very powerful addition to mom's already existing TOC ability. Has anything been done along these lines? Thank you! Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] extending groff language

Greetings, I think we'd all agree that no new primitive command should be added if that command can be accomplished by defining a regular troff macro. To that end, what does de1 do that you can't define in a regular troff macro? Thanks. Blake McBride On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 5:23

Re: [Groff] Firt letters overlapping with MOM

I just verified. Same problem on Linux. On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Peter Schaffter wrote: > Deri -- > > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013, Deri James wrote: > > On Saturday 05 Oct 2013 17:30:13 Blake McBride wrote: > > > Thanks. That does fix the problem. > > > >

Re: [Groff] Firt letters overlapping with MOM

Thanks. That does fix the problem. Why wouldn't this (perhaps with a condition) not be in mom by default? On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Deri James wrote: > ** > > On Saturday 05 Oct 2013 12:34:33 Blake McBride wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I in

[Groff] Firt letters overlapping with MOM

tly. As I stated, I tried 1.22.2 and the current snapshot. Same result. I did try to check to be sure there isn't another copy in /usr/local or /opt/local. I have no idea what to do, or why the -mom would have this effect. Appreciate any help! Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] Problem building on 32 bit Ubuntu 11.04

Thanks. Been using CVS for years and never knew about those update options. I suppose whenever I had a problem I just deleted the whole thing an re-checked it out. It is amazing to me that CVS requires special parameters to do a real update. I hope SVN (what I use now) doesn't have this pro

[Groff] Problem building on 32 bit Ubuntu 11.04

I've built groff many time before from CVS but can't now. I get: blake@vm-linux:~/Backup/groff$ ./configure checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are

[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

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

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

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

When I look at Help / About I get (after typing 'evince'): Document Viewer 2.26.1 Using poppler 0.15.5 (cairo) The evince authors I am using the latest version of Ubuntu Linux (9.04). Just, FYI. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] List labels in MM and three argument .ds

Okay, thanks. The fact that there is a space between the two parts of the second argument threw me. I interpreted that to be a third argument. Thanks. Blake McBride On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > While looking at the MM code I noticed a line: > > &g

Re: [Groff] Underlining in groff

Yes, this does work. Thank you very much!! Blake McBride On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > I think this is the solution to go, and I'll implement it if I have > > time: Use an ms-like underlining macro if either .ce or .rj is > > active. &

[Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

and it doesn't delete the file when I use gv instead. I don't understand. Thanks. Blake McBride

[Groff] Why doesn't MOM have generalised sectioning?

Greetings, MOM has main headings, sub-headings, and paragraph headings. Each has it's own set of macros, and there is a limited number of levels. Is there a reason for this? MM has it generalised. It uses fewer macros and goes to more levels. I don't understand this? Thanks. Blake McBride

[Groff] List element spacing in MOM

encapsulates .ITEM in order to achieve this (likely common) effect. Blake McBride

[Groff] Indented paragraphs in MOM

the .ILX with: .IL -3m in order to get the result I seek. While this works, I think it is wrong. The .ILX should work. Thanks. Blake McBride

[Groff] List labels in MM and three argument .ds

s that, or where is it?). I admit it has been a long time since I looked at groff macros and I might be misinterpreting the whole thing. On the other hand, if .ds does have an optional third argument, and someone tells me what it does, I'll update the docs. Thanks. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] Underlining in groff

\\$1\ \h'-\\n(sLu'\ \v'1p'\ \l'\\n(sLu'\ \v'-2p'\ \\$2 .. Thanks for the help. Blake McBride 2009/7/10 Heinz-Jürgen Oertel > Am Freitag, 10. Juli 2009 schrieb Blake McBride: > > Greetings, > > > > I know about troff using italics, and

[Groff] Underlining in groff

e line is underlined instead of just the "Executive Summary". Also if I do: .so ul.tmac .ce 1 .Underline "Executive Summary" and some more text An underline starts at the "E" and ends on the middle of the next line. How can this be easily done? Thanks. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] TeX for troff users?

then do a quick conversion for your publisher. This would be my favorite way of working. Blake McBride Frank Jahnke wrote: I've been using troff for over 25 years (most recently as groff), and I still can get nearly any sort of text to jump through hoops. Unfortunately, the professional jou

[Groff] man stopped working - groff: can't find `DESC' file

tf8' Manual page ls(1) line ?/? (END) Any help would be appreciated. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] Why is it...

I'm ready when you are. Just drop me a note. Thanks! Peter Schaffter wrote: On Thu, Dec 27, 2007, Blake McBride wrote: Clone LaTeX with mom, write a tutorial, and package it all up, and we'll have a lot more people using groff/mom. I am willing to help. Any takers? I

Re: [Groff] Why is it...

package it all up, and we'll have a lot more people using groff/mom. I am willing to help. Any takers? Blake McBride

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