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* NEWS: Update item about ms's `DD` register.G. Branden Robinson2023-05-141-5/+9
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* NEWS: Fix thinko.G. Branden Robinson2023-04-301-1/+1
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* NEWS: Clarify item.G. Branden Robinson2023-04-281-2/+3
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* NEWS: Add item regarding spacing in ms(7).G. Branden Robinson2023-04-101-0/+7
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* NEWS, pic(1): Clarify and tighten wording.G. Branden Robinson2023-04-011-5/+5
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* NEWS: Clarify.G. Branden Robinson2023-04-011-1/+1
| | | | Thanks to Ralph Corderoy for the suggestion.
* Fix Savannah #63589.G. Branden Robinson2023-02-051-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Correct numerous typos and solecisms throughout the source tree. * ChangeLog: * ChangeLog.115: * ChangeLog.116: * ChangeLog.117: * ChangeLog.118: * ChangeLog.119: * ChangeLog.121: * ChangeLog.122: * Makefile.am: * NEWS: * PROBLEMS: * README: * contrib/chem/chem.am: * contrib/chem/chem.pl: * contrib/glilypond/README.txt: * contrib/glilypond/glilypond.pl: * contrib/hdtbl/groff_hdtbl.7.man: * contrib/mm/ChangeLog: * contrib/mm/m.tmac: * contrib/pdfmark/pdfmark.ms: * doc/automake.mom: * doc/groff.texi: * doc/me-revisions: * doc/webpage.ms: * m4/lib-link.m4: * man/groff.7.man: * man/groff_diff.7.man: * man/roff.7.man: * src/devices/grohtml/post-html.cpp: * src/devices/grolbp/lbp.h: * src/devices/gropdf/TODO: * src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man: * src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.pl: * src/devices/xditview/ChangeLog: * src/devices/xditview/xditview.c: * src/libs/libdriver/input.cpp: * src/libs/libgroff/glyphuni.cpp: * src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man: * src/preproc/grn/gprint.h: * src/preproc/grn/main.cpp: * src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp: * src/preproc/preconv/preconv.cpp: * src/preproc/tbl/table.cpp: * src/roff/groff/pipeline.c: * src/roff/groff/tests/substring_works.sh: * src/roff/groff/tests/use_point_size_escape_with_single_digit_arg.sh: * src/roff/troff/div.cpp: * src/roff/troff/input.cpp: * src/roff/troff/troff.1.man: * src/utils/grog/grog.pl: * src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cpp: * src/utils/tfmtodit/tfmtodit.1.man: * tmac/doc-old.tmac: * tmac/doc.tmac: * tmac/groff_man.7.man.in: * tmac/hyphen.fr: Do it. Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63589>. Thanks to Bjarni Ingi Gislason for the report. * ANNOUNCE: Update bug counts. I also killed some pointless white space, refilled affected lines at 72 columns where convenient and non-disruptive to existing text flow, and corrected a misspelling of Ralph Corderoy's surname.
* NEWS: Clarify items.G. Branden Robinson2023-01-231-16/+19
| | | | | Try again to clarify the me(7) line length default change after more feedback from Dave Kemper and Ralph Corderoy.
* NEWS: Update items.G. Branden Robinson2023-01-191-22/+18
| | | | | | | | * Clarify multi-roff support horizons for `\s[NNN]` syntax. * Consistently set file names in double quotes. * Coalesce `IX` macro removal into one item for mm and ms. * Reform terminology: say "typesetting devices", not "typesetters". * Bump year.
* contrib/mm/m.tmac (IX): Delete.G. Branden Robinson2023-01-171-0/+6
| | | | | | It was undocumented, groff mm has its own indexing system (INITI, et al.), and makeindex(1) guides the user through definition and use of an `IX` macro if the user desires that approach.
* [mm]: Implement `Sm` string.G. Branden Robinson2023-01-171-0/+2
| | | | | | | * contrib/mm/m.tmac (Sm): Implement string for service mark, for DWB mm compatibility. * contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man: * NEWS: Document it.
* NEWS: Simplify item.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-281-6/+2
| | | | Thanks to Dave Kemper and Ralph Corderoy for the suggestions.
* [mdoc]: Support `HF` string.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-271-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/doc.tmac (initialization): Add logic supporting `HF` string just as our man(7) implementation does. If the font name ends with `B` (as the default does), set `doc-remap-I-style-in-headings` register and extract font family, which can be empty (as is the default). * tmac/mdoc/doc-common (Sh, Ss): If `doc-remap-I-style-in-headings` register set, perform (and unwind) font remapping of italic to bold-italic face. * tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff: * tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff: Define `doc-Sh-font` in terms of `HF`. * tmac/tests/doc_heading-font-remapping-works.sh: Test it. * tmac/tmac.am (tmac_TESTS): Run test. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Options): Document it. * NEWS: Update item. Fixes last part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63046>.
* [mdoc]: Support `FT` register.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-181-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/doc.tmac (initialization): Add logic supporting `FT` register just as our man(7) implementation does. * tmac/mdoc/doc-common (doc-set-up-titles): Plant footer trap in validated user-requested location. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Options): Document it. * NEWS: Update item. Fixes part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63046>.
* [docs]: Tighten `string{down,up}` description.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-181-2/+2
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* [ms]: Make default typesetter line length 6.5i.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-181-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/s.tmac (par@load-init): Do it. * doc/groff.texi (ms Document Control Settings): * doc/ms.ms (Document control settings): * tmac/groff_ms.7.man (Document control settings): Document it. * tmac/tests/s_honor-MINGW-when-two-columns.sh: * tmac/tests/s_mark-column-start-correctly.sh: Update test expectations. * NEWS: Add item. Also tweak ms.ms document: * Widen required line length in nroff mode; unfortunately the new parenthesized terminal defaults and footnote markings fattened the document settings table by two ens. * Reduce type size of Courier-using columns by one point in same table. * Annotate same table with pseudo-footnotes. * Bump document date.
* [doc]: Support `X` register.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-141-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/doc.tmac (initialization): Add logic supporting `X` register just as our man(7) implementation does. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Options): Document it. * NEWS: Update item. Fixes part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63046>.
* [mdoc]: Support `P` register.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-121-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/doc.tmac (initialization): Add logic supporting `P` register just as our man(7) implementation does. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Formatting with groff, troff, and nroff): Document it. * NEWS: Update item. Fixes part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63046>. One test fails at this commit. FAIL: tmac/tests/andoc_P-register-works.sh
* NEWS: Clarify item.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-091-4/+5
| | | | | | Contours of how to get output line numbering back, but make it work _right_, are starting to form in my head, but no idea if I'll have time to test my theories before 1.23.0 final.
* tmac/an.tmac: Redefine `R` as string.G. Branden Robinson2022-12-071-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | * tmac/an.tmac (R): Drop macro definition, which implements a hack for people who try to use "R" as a font style macro. This doesn't seem to happen much in actual practice (though perhaps the diagnostic this hack produces is responsible for suppression of the mistake). Retaining it interferes with the "nop"-ification of this macro file. * NEWS: Add item.
* NEWS: Add item regarding tbl and line numbering.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-301-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ cat ~/tmp/line-numbered-table.roff .nm 1 Here is a line of output. Sic transit adispicing meatballs. Let's pad it out with more content to ensure the line breaks. .TS L. This is my table. There are many like it but this one is mine. T{ My table is my best exhibit; I will guard it as I guard my life. Even as it requires multiple output lines for an entry. T} .TE What is the line number now? I defy anyone to defend this: Unix Version 7 on a SIMH PDP-11/45 (and Heirloom Doctools troff today): 1 Here is a line of output. Sic transit adispicing meatballs. 2 Let's pad it out with more content to ensure the line breaks. 6 This is my table. 7 There are many like it but this one is mine. 8 9 3 My table is my best exhibit; I will guard it 10 4 as I guard my life. Even as it requires 11 5 multiple output lines for an entry. 12 What is the line number now?
* [troff]: Implement new `.nn` registerG. Branden Robinson2022-11-281-6/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ...to report the remaining count of lines to have their numbering suppressed. * src/roff/troff/env.h (class environment): Declare new member function `get_no_number_count()`. * src/roff/troff/env.cpp (get_no_number_count): Define new member function, returning value of member variable `no_number_count`. (init_env_requests): Define new ".nn" register and attach it to `get_no_number_count()`. * doc/groff.texi (Miscellaneous): Document it. Include example of use to determine whether current output line will be numbered. Also clarify meaning of register; `.nn` is not decremented except when output line numbering is enabled. * man/groff.7.man (Read-only registers): Document it. * src/roff/groff/tests/dot-nn_register_works.sh: Test it. * src/roff/groff/groff.am (groff_TESTS): Run test. * NEWS: Add item. See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-11/msg00153.html>.
* NEWS: Clarify items.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-241-6/+6
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* tmac/papersize.tmac: Improve integration w/ mm(7).G. Branden Robinson2022-11-171-0/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/papersize.tmac: Improve integration with mm(7) macro package. If a paper format has been selected, set `W` register to new line length (if not already set on command line). Similarly, set `O` register to 1 inch for the symmetric horizontal margins otherwise assumed by this macro file. This means that "groff -mm" and "groff -dpaper=letter -mm" are _not_ synonymous (when groff is configured to use U.S. letter as the default paper format), because groff mm(7) uses a page offset of 0.963 inches on typesetters for compatibility with DWB mm. * NEWS: Add item. See discussion in <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-11/\ msg00081.html> and (some) follow-ups.
* [me]: Integrate better with papersize.tmac.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-171-0/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/e.tmac: Integrate better with papersize.tmac by no longer forcing line (and title) length to 6 inches for typesetters on initialization. Gather default line length from output device description, possibly modified later (by other macro file or input). No change to terminal ("nroff mode") output. * NEWS: Add item. Tested as follows. $ cat lorem.me .de M . nr N \\$1-1 . if \\$1 .M \\nN . pp Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem, quia voluptas sit, aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos, qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt, neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscivelit, sed quia non-numquam eius modi tempora incidunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipitlaboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit, qui inea voluptate velit esse, quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum, qui dolorem eum fugiat, quo voluptas nulla pariatur? At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus, qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti, quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint, obcaecati cupiditate non-provident, similique sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio, cumque nihil impedit, quo minus id, quod maxime placeat, facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet, ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non-recusandae. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat. .. .M 4 $ ./test-groff -me lorem.me >| lorem-me-port.ps $ ./test-groff -dpaper=letterl -me -P-l lorem.me >| lorem-me-land.ps
* NEWS: Improve terminological discipline.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-121-6/+6
| | | | | | | | * Refer to man page "topics", not "titles", to avoid conceptual collisions with manual section titles (e.g., "General Commands Manual"), section or subsection headings (sometimes called titles), and *roff page headers and footers (called "titles" since CSTR #54). * Also refer to special character "identifiers", not "glyph names".
* NEWS: Clarify nature of groff-man-pages.utf8.txt.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-121-6/+6
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* [afmtodit]: Implement "-w" command-line option.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-121-0/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.pl: Add new command-line option to specify the generated font description's "spacewidth" parameter; in commit bf7f6862c3, 2021-09-24, I made libgroff complain if this directive is missing (since any font, even a "special" one, can be selected as current and the formatter's behavior when encountering an input space should be well-defined under that circumstance). Adding this option enables a well-formed font description to be produced. * src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.pl (usage): * src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.1.man (Synopsis, Options): Document it. * NEWS: Add item.
* [afmtodit]: Handle fatal exits more idiomatically.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-121-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | * src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.pl: Use our own fatal exit function instead of Perl's "die". (croak): New subroutine emits argument as part of diagnostic message and exits with status 1. (usage): Exit with status 2, not 1, on usage errors. * NEWS: Document new exit behavior.
* NEWS: Refer to afmtodit like other commands.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-111-4/+3
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* [mdoc]: Make `Sx` use quotes, not italics.G. Branden Robinson2022-11-041-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [mdoc]: Make `Sx` macro perform quotation, not italicization. It's thorougly inconsistent with English composition practices to refer to (sub)section titles within a document as if they were major works. * tmac/doc.tmac (Sx): Implement. * tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff (doc-Sx-font): * tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff (doc-Sx-font): Delete. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Section Cross References): Rename... ((Sub)section cross references): ...to this. Recognize existence of `Ss` macro, curiously overlooked before. * NEWS: Add item.
* NEWS: Quote 'configure' options consistently.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-301-6/+6
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* NEWS: Add item regarding lj4_font(5) deletion.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-301-0/+3
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* [mdoc]: Support `SN` register.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-291-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/doc.tmac: Recognize `SN` register if set on command line and use groff man(7)-compatible default if it is not. * tmac/mdoc/doc-common (Ss): Use this register instead of a literal. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Formatting with groff, troff, and nroff): Document it. * NEWS: Update item. Fixes part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62926>.
* [mdoc]: Support `IN` register.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-291-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/doc.tmac: Recognize `IN` register if set on command line and use groff man(7)-compatible defaults if it is not. * tmac/mdoc/doc-common (Sh): Use this register instead of `doc-paragraph-indentation`. * tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff: * tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff: Stop setting pargraph indentation defaults here. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Formatting with groff, troff, and nroff): Document it. * NEWS: Update item. * tmac/tests/doc_Mt-works.sh: * tmac/tests/doc_indents-correctly.sh: Update test expectations. Fixes part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62926>.
* [pfbtops]: Fix code style and diagnostic nits.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-291-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * src/utils/pfbtops/pfbtops.c (error): Exit with `EXIT_FAILURE` status (from standard C library) instead of status 2. (main): Exit with `EXIT_SUCCESS` status when writing version or help information. Exit with status 2 when dying due to usage error. Use `fprintf()` and `strerror()` to construct error message when dying due to inability to open input file instead of using `perror()`, which anonymizes its caller and thus should never be used in serious work. Avoid it like `gets()`. * NEWS: Add item for exit status changes. Continues the long process of fixing Savannah #52463. Also update editor aid comments.
* Migrate terminology away from "paper size".G. Branden Robinson2022-10-211-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Migrate terminology from "paper size" to "paper format" or "paper dimensions" as appropriate in documentation and diagnostic messages. "Format" implies an orientation (which can be overridden in many cases) whereas size does not. When only the magnitudes of measurements are at issue (mainly for internal purposes), use the term "dimensions". * NEWS: * PROBLEMS: * doc/groff.texi: * m4/groff.m4 (GROFF_PAGE): * man/groff_font.5.man: * man/groff_tmac.5.man: * src/devices/grodvi/dvi.cpp (main): * src/devices/grolbp/grolbp.1.man: * src/devices/grolbp/lbp.cpp (main): * src/devices/grolj4/grolj4.1.man: * src/devices/grolj4/lj4.cpp (lj4_printer::lj4_printer, main): * src/devices/grolj4/lj4_font.5.man: * src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man: * src/devices/grops/grops.1.man: * src/devices/grops/ps.cpp (main): * src/roff/groff/groff.1.man: * tmac/papersize.tmac: Do it.
* NEWS: Fix grammar nit.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-211-1/+1
| | | | Use past perfect tense to discuss contents of now-absent file.
* NEWS: Expand item.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-121-0/+4
| | | | | | Solicit requests for assistance from developers of man(7)-generating tools for _both_ changes to man(7) that are "expected to expose glyph usage errors in man pages". (The other item already has this text.)
* NEWS: Add item for new ms `XN` and `XH` macros.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-121-0/+7
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* NEWS: Fix grammar error.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-121-1/+1
| | | | Use "that", not "which", with restrictive clause.
* NEWS: Add items.G. Branden Robinson2022-10-061-0/+10
| | | | | | | | * NEWS: Advise users of changes to "name" directive handling in font description files. Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61423>. Thanks to Dave Kemper for the report.
* NEWS: Warn of the man page - ` ' change.G. Branden Robinson2022-09-291-1/+15
| | | | | | | Also point out one of the benefits, though I'm dubious how much good that will do for man page writers who stroke their long Unix beards affectedly while never using anything but LibreOffice Writer for typesetting...
* NEWS: Clarify item.G. Branden Robinson2022-09-131-1/+1
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* [mdoc]: Support AD string; sets default adj mode.G. Branden Robinson2022-09-091-8/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/mdoc/doc-common (Sh): Set adjustment mode to user-specified default, not troff's default (and not only in troff mode). * tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff: * tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff: Process `AD` string setting from command line as man(7) does. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Formatting with groff, troff, and nroff): Document it. * NEWS: Add and update items. Fixes part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63046>.
* [mdoc]: Support `C` register as man(7) does.G. Branden Robinson2022-09-071-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tmac/mdoc/doc-common (Dd): Reset page number to 1 upon new document only if not consecutively numbering. * tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff: * tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff: Process `C` register setting from command line as man(7) does. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Formatting with groff, troff, and nroff): Document it. * NEWS: Expand existing item. Fixes part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63046>.
* Drop groff_filenames(5) document.G. Branden Robinson2022-09-021-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | It says nothing accurate that is not covered elsewhere. * contrib/groff_filenames: Delete. * doc/doc.am (GROFF_MAN_PAGES): Drop. * src/roff/groff/groff.1.man: Drop cross reference to it. * NEWS: Add item. Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?61818>.
* NEWS: Fix typo.G. Branden Robinson2022-09-021-4/+4
| | | | | | Thanks to John Gardner for the report. We won't talk about why _this_ typo, of all possible ones, was made.
* NEWS: man(7)'s `TS` no longer adds vertical space.G. Branden Robinson2022-09-021-0/+5
| | | | Item added per suggestion from Ingo Schwarze; see Savannah #62841.
* [eqn]: Drop support for undocumented '-D' option.G. Branden Robinson2022-09-021-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | It has been undocumented, and issued a warning of its obsolescence upon use, for 30 years, since groff 1.06 (September 1992). That's plenty long enough for a deprecation cycle. * src/preproc/eqn/main.cpp (main): Do it. * NEWS: Add item.
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