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authorwl <wl>2006-12-31 17:34:32 +0000
committerwl <wl>2006-12-31 17:34:32 +0000
commite3332cbb694925eb52771af5b3b34dd3230e474d (patch)
tree717dfb38b0c5070dfb07c8b970aee11742e12f7d /NEWS
parentdb2f78079b24f8eb875af8d1b09d21f9bf46b4d1 (diff)
downloadgroff-e3332cbb694925eb52771af5b3b34dd3230e474d.tar.gz
* Makefile.in (oldfontdir): New variable.
(MDEFINES): Add $(oldfontdir). (uninstall_dirs): Remove `current' link. Remove $(oldfontdir). * Makefile.comm (oldfontsubdir): New variable. (install_dev): Install files collected in $(OLDDEVFILES) into $(oldfontsubdir). (uninstall_dev): Remove data in $(oldfontsubdir). (.man.n): Handle @OLDFONTDIR@. * src/devices/grodvi/grodvi.man, src/devices/grohtml/grohtml.man, src/devices/grolbp/grolbp.man, src/devices/grolj4/grolj4.man, src/devices/grotty/grotty.man, src/devices/xditview/gxditview.man: Document GROFF_FONT_PATH. * src/devices/grops/grops.man: Document GROFF_FONT_PATH and old font description files. * font/devps/Makefile.sub (OLDDISTFILES, OLDDEVFILES): New variables. * font/devps/old/*: New directory, holding the previous version of the 35 Adobe core font description files. * font/devps/*: Regenerated the 35 Adobe core fonts, using the Adobe-Core35_AFMs-229.tar.bz2 bundle from ftp.dante.de. * NEWS: Document font update.
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@@ -64,8 +64,14 @@ o A new escape `\$^' has been added. It represents the parameters of a
macro as if they were an argument to the `ds' request. This is used by
`trace.tmac'.
-o `groffer' version 1.* exists now in a shell and a Perl version.
+o The PS font definition files have been regenerated with the newer AFM
+ versions from Adobe's 35 core fonts as present in most Level 2 PS
+ printers. The changes are minor (most notably, the addition of the
+ `Euro' glyph and an extended set of kerning values).
+ For backwards compatibility, the old set of font definition files is still
+ available; for details please read the man page of `grops(1)'.
+
Pic
---
@@ -89,6 +95,11 @@ Grotty
o \D'p...' is now supported if the polygon consists entirely of horizontal
and vertical lines.
+Groffer
+-------
+
+o `groffer' version 1.* exists now in a shell and a Perl version.
+
Afmtodit
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