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authorwlemb <wlemb>2000-10-26 21:49:46 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2000-10-26 21:49:46 +0000
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downloadgroff-de53a3cd17c746ea6d29ad82adc814ffae66b25c.tar.gz
* Makefile.comm, Makefile.in: Remove tmac_{s,an}_prefix stuff.
* tmac/Makefile.sub: Adapted to new macro names; removed `wrap' stuff since it is no longer needed. * README, PROBLEMS: Updated.
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@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ on the Software Companion CD and is installed as /opt/sfw/bin/gmake.
* On Ultrix, the make stops with the message
- *** Error code 1
+ *** Error code 1
- Stop.
+ Stop.
-for no apparent reason.
+ for no apparent reason.
Use GNU make.
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ No. Real dependency files are created with a `make depend' call.
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-* Groff can't handle my troff document. It works fine with AT&T troff.
+* Groff can't handle my troff document. It works fine with AT&T troff.
Read the section on incompatibilities in gtroff(1). Try using the -C
-option. Alternatively there's the sed script in tmac/fixmacros.sed
+option. Alternatively there's the sed script `tmac/fixmacros.sed'
which will attempt to edit a file of macros so that it can be used
with groff without the -C flag.
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ with groff without the -C flag.
Yes, it does. You may need to compile fonts with Metafont at these
magnifications. The CompileFonts script in the devdvi/generate
-directory may help you to do this. (It will take a *long* time.)
+directory may help you to do this. (It will take a *long* time on
+slow computers.)
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@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ ps-file-server@adobe.com.)
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* I've configured groff for A4 paper, but gtroff still seems to think
- that the length of a page (as returned by \n(.p) is 11 inches.
+ that the length of a page (as returned by `\n(.p') is 11 inches.
This is intentional. The PAGE option is used only by grops. For
compatibility with ditroff, the default page length in gtroff is
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ request.
* Groff doesn't use the font names I'm used to.
-Use the `ftr' request. See gtroff(1).
+Use the `ftr' request. See (g)troff(1).
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@@ -326,11 +327,7 @@ files produced by TeX. Try getting a more up to date driver.
* I get lots of errors when I use groff with the AT&T -mm macros.
-The AT&T -mm macros need a few changes to work with groff; `make
-install.dwbmm' will copy your -mm macros to groff's macro directory
-and make the necessary changes. You may need to edit the commands for
-the install.mm target in the Makefile. Alternatively use the groff
--mm macros.
+Use the groff -mm macros.
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@@ -369,7 +366,7 @@ comments, you can do it like this:
There seem to be many different styles of page header and footer
produced by different versions of the -man macros. You will need to
-modify macros/tmac.an to suit your personal taste. For example, if
+modify tmac/an-old.tmac to suit your personal taste. For example, if
you want the center of the page header to say
System Programmer's Manual
@@ -410,10 +407,9 @@ The solution is to fix the manual page:
The Ultrix man pages use a number of non-standard extensions to the
Unix man macros. One solution is to use the Ultrix -man macros with
-groff. Rename /usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an to
-/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an.gnu, copy /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an to
-/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an and apply the following patch (from
-Frank Wortner):
+groff. Copy /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an to
+/usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac/an.tmac and apply the following patch
+(from Frank Wortner):
*** /usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an Wed Sep 9 12:29:28 1992
--- /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an Fri Jul 24 19:58:19 1992
@@ -436,17 +432,15 @@ Frank Wortner):
.}f
Another possible solution is to install tmac/man.ultrix as
-/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/man.local.
+/usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac/man.local.
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* I'm having problems formatting HP-UX 9.0 man pages with groff -man.
-Rename /usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an to (for example)
-/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.gan, copy HP's tmac.an into
-/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an, and either put `.cp 1' at the
-beginning or filter it (and any files it .so's) through
-tmac/fixmacros.sed.
+Copy HP's tmac.an into /usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac/an.tmac, and
+either put `.cp 1' at the beginning or filter it (and any files it .so's)
+through tmac/fixmacros.sed.
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