Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:55:19 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: phantom@cris.net (Alexey Zelkin) Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/groff/nroff nroff.sh Message-ID: <199909232055.NAA00345@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <19990923200051.A20174@scorpion.crimea.ua> from Alexey Zelkin at "Sep 23, 1999 08:00:51 pm"
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> hi, > > On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 09:10:06AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > phantom 1999/09/23 06:40:29 PDT > > > > > > Modified files: > > > contrib/groff/nroff nroff.sh > > > Log: > > > Learn nroff about -p and -t options. It allows to preprocess > > > file with pic(1) and tbl(1). > > > Though I agree with the idea, I'm not sure how practical it is > > to expect nroff to be able to actually display pic(1) output :-) > Hmmm... Reason for addition these option is my practic way -- I have few > files which require preprocessing with pic or tbl. It's better for me > to enter "nroff -p -ms xx.ms | less" than > "groff -S -mtty-char -Tascii -p -ms xx.ms | less" So it was done simply as a short cut for you??? If so then I have doubts about it beeing a commit canidate. If it does not emit the proper white space areas for the pic and tbl it's a bug. I don't like new bugs. > > Any reason not to add eqn support?? > Do you need this option ? I remember that nroff ignores -e option. Not if it don't do the right thing and at least create the correct amount of white space where the graphic eqn output would go. > > And you failed to update the man page as it clearly states: > Oops. Thats one more reason you should have held your MFC. > > Oh, and I hope this was sent back to the gnu maintaners, or it will be > > yet another FreeBSD incompatibility :-(. > Don't worry about groff package. Groff lost mainainer at middle of > 1996 and still waits. You mean to tell me that the GNU project has no one tracking submissions of changes to groff? That seems really odd... -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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