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2002-02-17 Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
* groffer.man: Updated to latest changes in www.tmac.
2002-01-08 Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>
* groffer 0.5 (beta) released
* groffer.man:
- Fix hyphenation problems with macros describing options.
- Fix the handling of some `-' characters.
- Examples of shell commands now print in font CR instead of CB.
- Remove documentation for option -X.
- Add documentation for option --dpi.
* groffer.sh:
- New method for creating temporary files, based on process
IDs. This is reliable enough and suitable for GNU and POSIX.
- Run gxditview in a new shell instantiation for having a clean
handling of the temporary files when running in the
background.
- Revision of the retrieving method for the window title.
- Empty input is now tolerated.
- Export the variables that are set before the call of `set -a'.
- Function usage() corrected and updated.
- Unnecessary stuff removed.
- Comments adjusted.
- Pass option -X to groff, i.e. force X output with 75 dpi.
- Implement option --dpi for setting the resolution for the X
viewer, which had already been documented in earlier versions.
2002-01-07 Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>
* groffer 0.4 (beta) released (integrated into groff `contrib')
* groffer.man:
- New features documented.
- Macros stream-lined.
- Section EXAMPLES added.
* groffer.sh:
- System tests added/optimized.
- Speed/memory optimizations by defining some shell functions
alternatively depending on the text results.
- Use `gzip' for decompression instead of `zcat'.
- Signal handling added for clean exiting by `trap'.
- Temporary files exist only as long as necessary.
- Setup of path for man-pages moved after the option parsing.
- Fixed a bug in determining the path for man-pages.
- Fixed a bug in the handling of non-groffer options.
* New features:
- New option --tty for forcing paging on text terminal.
- New option --no-man for disabling the man-page feature.
- Implement reserved POSIX -W feature to simulate long options.
- gxditview is now run as a background process.
2002-01-05 Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
* Integrate groffer into groff's `contrib' tree.
* Makefile: Replaced by...
Makefile.sub: New file.
* groffer: Replaced by...
groffer.sh: New file.
* groffer.man (OptDef): Add missing backslashes.
Update copyright.
2001-12-15 Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>
* groffer 0.3 (alpha) released (still stand-alone package).
* GNU and POSIX are supported (POSIX without long options).
* New options : --man, --mandb, --title, --xrdb
* Support for command line arguments with embedded single space
characters (GNU only) .
* Several search methods for man-pages when no `man -w' is
available ($MANPATH, mandb, a default path).
* Language support for man-pages.
* Recognize the following filespecs as man-page parameters:
man:name(section), man:name, name.section, name.
2001-12-03 Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>
* Stand-alone package for groffer 0.2 (alpha) created
Files: groffer, groffer.man, Makefile, TODO, ChangeLog
2001-12-02 Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>
* groffer 0.2 (alpha) program released.
* Name changed from `groffview' to `groffer'.
* Comments added.
* Name changed from `groffview' to `groffer'.
* Options harmonized with groff.
New options : -Q --source, -T --device, -X .
Other options known from groff are passed unchanged.
* 100 dpi as default, 75 dpi only in emergency situations.
* Bugs with temporary files fixed.
* Code restructured and comments added.
2001-11-28 Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>
* groffview 0.1 (experimental) and groffview.man released
(predecessor of groffer, shell script)
* Options : -h --help, -v --version
* Search for man-pages based on $MANPATH
* development of `groffview' shell script started
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