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authorwl <wl>2012-12-28 11:59:30 +0000
committerwl <wl>2012-12-28 11:59:30 +0000
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downloadgroff-b9eb56730bdb0f3fa54a59926f1273ed13072f76.tar.gz
Version 1.22 releasedgroff-1_22
===================== * NEWS, VERSION, doc/groff.texinfo, doc/webpage.ms: Updated. * config.guess, config.sub: Updated from `config' repository. * INSTALL.gen: Updated from `gnulib' repository (file `INSTALL'). * aclocal.m4, configure: Regenerated. * doc/texinfo.tex: Updated from `texinfo' repository. * src/roff/groff/groff.cpp (main) <'v'>: Update copyright year.
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diff --git a/README b/README
index a2bae614..fe424005 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
- Copyright (C) 1989-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008,
- 2009
+ Copyright (C) 1989-2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
@@ -11,12 +10,12 @@ number is given in the file VERSION.
Included in this release are implementations of `troff', `pic', `eqn',
`tbl', `grn', `refer', `-man', `-mdoc', `-mom', and `-ms' macros, and
-drivers for `PostScript', `TeX dvi' format, `HP LaserJet 4' printers,
-`Canon CAPSL' printers, `HTML' and `XHTML' formats (beta status), and
-typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified version of the
-Berkeley `-me' macros, the enhanced version `gxditview' of the X11
-`xditview' previewer, and an implementation of the `-mm' macros
-contributed by Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se).
+drivers for `PostScript', `PDF', `TeX DVI' format, `HP LaserJet 4'
+printers, `Canon CAPSL' printers, `HTML' and `XHTML' formats (beta
+status), and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified
+version of the Berkeley `-me' macros, the enhanced version `gxditview'
+of the X11 `xditview' previewer, and an implementation of the `-mm'
+macros contributed by Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se).
See the file `INSTALL' for installation instructions. You require
a C++ compiler.
@@ -43,9 +42,9 @@ then executing the commands
cd ~/cvswork
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org/sources/groff -z5 co groff
-This creates a subdirectory, `~/cvswork/groff', with a `checked
-out' copy of the `CVS' repository. An update of this working copy may
-be achieved, at any later time by invoking the commands
+This creates a subdirectory, `~/cvswork/groff', with a `checked out'
+copy of the `CVS' repository. An update of this working copy may be
+achieved, at any later time by invoking the commands
cd ~/cvswork/groff
cvs -z5 update -dP
@@ -57,13 +56,13 @@ pointing it to
http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=groff
-Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a day).
-The complete `groff' source as a single file is available at
+Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a
+day). The complete `groff' source as a single file is available at
http://groff.ffii.org/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
A diff file relative to `groff-<version>', the latest official `groff'
-release is available at
+release, is available at
http://groff.ffii.org/groff/devel/groff-<version>-current.diff.gz
@@ -90,17 +89,20 @@ daily snapshot). They are not required for building from a stable
release tarball. Also note that the version numbers stated are the
minimum supported. No version of `texinfo' < 4.8 works, and the
original release of `bison' 1.875 is known not to work; you *may* find
-that `bison' releases < 1.875 work, but in case of difficulty,
-please update to a later version *before* posting a bug report.
+that `bison' releases < 1.875 work, but in case of difficulty, please
+update to a later version *before* posting a bug report.
-For *all* sources, you need ghostscript for creation of either `PDF' or
-`HTML' output; the `netpbm' and `psutils' packages are required only for
-`HTML' output. If you don't intend to produce output in either of these
-formats, then these packages are unnecessary.
+For *all* sources, you need ghostscript for creation of either `PDF'
+or `HTML' output; the `netpbm' and `psutils' packages are required
+only for `HTML' output. If you don't intend to produce output in
+either of these formats, then these packages are unnecessary.
+
+Additionally, producing `PDF' output directly with the `gropdf' device
+needs a working installation of Perl.
In Linux Debian, the installation of `texinfo' is dangerous. For it
-creates a file `install-info' that blocks the system installation.
-So the created `/usr/local/bin/install-info' must be renamed.
+creates a file `install-info' that blocks the system installation. So
+the created `/usr/local/bin/install-info' must be renamed.
The `groff' configure script searches for the X11 headers and
libraries `Xaw' and `Xmu'. So the corresponding developer packages of
@@ -108,12 +110,13 @@ your system must be installed, otherwise `groff' does not install
`gxditview' and the `-TX*' devices. In Debian, the developer packages
are `libxaw7-dev' and `libxmu-dev'.
-Please report bugs using the form in the file `BUG-REPORT'; the idea of
-this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix
-the bug. At the very least, read the `BUG-REPORT' form and make sure
-that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are
-not sure that something is a bug, report it using `BUG-REPORT': this
-enables us to determine whether it really is a bug or not.
+Please report bugs using the form in the file `BUG-REPORT'; the idea
+of this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to
+fix the bug. At the very least, read the `BUG-REPORT' form and make
+sure that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if
+you are not sure that something is a bug, report it using
+`BUG-REPORT': this enables us to determine whether it really is a bug
+or not.
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