Package: texlive-binaries
Version: 2024.20240313.70630+ds-5+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
* What led up to the situation?
Checking for defects with a new version
test-[g|n]roff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=10 -ww -z < "man
page"
[Use "groff -e ' $' <file>" to find trailing spaces.]
["test-groff" is a script in the repository for "groff"; is not shipped]
(local copy and "troff" slightly changed by me).
[The fate of "test-nroff" was decided in groff bug #55941.]
* What was the outcome of this action?
troff:<stdin>:25: warning: trailing space in the line
* What outcome did you expect instead?
No output (no warnings).
-.-
General remarks and further material, if a diff-file exist, are in the
attachments.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
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Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1),
LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
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Input file is ovp2ovf.1
Any program (person), that produces man pages, should check the output
for defects by using (both groff and nroff)
[gn]roff -mandoc -t -ww -b -z -K utf8 <man page>
The same goes for man pages that are used as an input.
For a style guide use
mandoc -T lint
-.-
So any 'generator' should check its products with the above mentioned
'groff', 'mandoc', and additionally with 'nroff ...'.
This is just a simple quality control measure.
The 'generator' may have to be corrected to get a better man page,
the source file may, and any additional file may.
Common defects:
Input text line longer than 80 bytes.
Not removing trailing spaces (in in- and output).
The reason for these trailing spaces should be found and eliminated.
Not beginning each input sentence on a new line.
Lines should thus be shorter.
See man-pages(7), item 'semantic newline'.
-.-
The difference between the formatted output of the original and patched file
can be seen with:
nroff -mandoc <file1> > <out1>
nroff -mandoc <file2> > <out2>
diff -u <out1> <out2>
and for groff, using
"printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -mandoc -Z - "
instead of 'nroff -mandoc'
Add the option '-t', if the file contains a table.
Read the output of 'diff -u' with 'less -R' or similar.
-.-.
If 'man' (man-db) is used to check the manual for warnings,
the following must be set:
The option "-warnings=w"
The environmental variable:
export MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes (or any non-empty value)
or
(produce only warnings):
export MANROFFOPT="-ww -b -z"
export MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes (or any non-empty value)
-.-.
Output from "mandoc -T lint ovp2ovf.1": (shortened list)
1 input text line longer than 80 bytes
14 skipping paragraph macro
35 whitespace at end of input line
-.-.
Output from "test-groff -mandoc -t -ww -z ovp2ovf.1": (shortened list)
1 trailing space in the line
-.-.
Remove space characters (whitespace) at the end of lines.
Use "git apply ... --whitespace=fix" to fix extra space issues, or use
global configuration "core.whitespace".
Number of lines affected is
21
-.-.
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x2D) to a minus(-dash) (\-),
if it
is in front of a name for an option,
is a symbol for standard input,
is a single character used to indicate an option,
or is in the NAME section (man-pages(7)).
N.B. - (0x2D), processed as a UTF-8 file, is changed to a hyphen
(0x2010, groff \[u2010] or \[hy]) in the output.
24:.IP "\fB-help\fP"
26:.IP "\fB-verbose\fP"
28:.IP "\fB-version\fP"
-.-.
Wrong distance between sentences in the input file.
Separate the sentences and subordinate clauses; each begins on a new
line. See man-pages(7) ("Conventions for source file layout") and
"info groff" ("Input Conventions").
The best procedure is to always start a new sentence on a new line,
at least, if you are typing on a computer.
Remember coding: Only one command ("sentence") on each (logical) line.
E-mail: Easier to quote exactly the relevant lines.
Generally: Easier to edit the sentence.
Patches: Less unaffected text.
Search for two adjacent words is easier, when they belong to the same line,
and the same phrase.
The amount of space between sentences in the output can then be
controlled with the ".ss" request.
Mark a abbreviation point as such by suffixing them with "\&".
60:idea of a virtual font was inspired by the work of David R\&. Fuchs who
69:This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly for the Debian
70:GNU/Linux system\&. It is also now maintained as part of TeX Live.
-.-.
Split lines longer than 80 characters into two or more lines.
Appropriate break points are the end of a sentence and a subordinate
clause; after punctuation marks.
Line 4, length 108
ovp2ovf \- convert a virtual property-list file into a virtual font file and
its associated font metric file
-.-.
No need for "\&" to be in front of a period (.) if not at the beginning of
a line.
20:(\fBovp2ovf\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBvptovf\fP(1)\&.)
58:which is part of the standard TeXware library\&. \fBOVP2OVF\fP is an
59:extended version of \fBVPtoVF\fP that allows much larger fonts\&. The
60:idea of a virtual font was inspired by the work of David R\&. Fuchs who
62:device driver for ArborText, Inc\&. He wrote a somewhat similar program
69:This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly for the Debian
70:GNU/Linux system\&. It is also now maintained as part of TeX Live.
-.-.
Output from "test-groff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=10 -ww -z
":
troff:<stdin>:25: warning: trailing space in the line
-.-.
Additionally (general):
Abbreviations get a '\&' added after their final full stop (.) to mark them
as such and not as an end of a sentence.
There is no need to add a '\&' before a full stop (.) if it has a character
before it!
--- ovp2ovf.1 2024-12-28 20:15:04.726231834 +0000
+++ ovp2ovf.1.new 2024-12-28 20:31:57.587003480 +0000
@@ -1,70 +1,59 @@
.TH OVP2OVF 1 "8 March 2022" "Web2C 2025/dev"
-.PP
-.SH "NAME"
-ovp2ovf \- convert a virtual property-list file into a virtual font file and
its associated font metric file
-.PP
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.SH "NAME"
+ovp2ovf \- convert a virtual property-list file into a virtual font file and
+its associated font metric file
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B ovp2ovf
.RI [ OPTIONS ]
.IR OVPFILE [ \fB.ovp\fP ]
.RI [ OVFFILE [ \fB.ovf\fP ]
.RI [ OFMFILE [ \fB.ofm\fP ]]]
-.PP
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.PP
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBovp2ovf\fP translates a human-readable virtual property list (OVP)
file, \fIOVPFILE\fP, into a virtual font (OVF) file, \fIOVFFILE\fP
-and its companion font metric (OFM) file, \fIOFMFILE\fP\&.
-.PP
-The program also works with TeX VP files, producing VF and TFM files\&.
-(\fBovp2ovf\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBvptovf\fP(1)\&.)
-.PP
-.SH "OPTIONS"
-.PP
-.IP "\fB-help\fP"
-display a brief summary of syntax and options
-.IP "\fB-verbose\fP"
+and its companion font metric (OFM) file, \fIOFMFILE\fP.
+.PP
+The program also works with TeX VP files, producing VF and TFM files.
+(\fBovp2ovf\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBvptovf\fP(1).)
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.IP "\fB\-help\fP"
+display a brief summary of syntax and options
+.IP "\fB\-verbose\fP"
display progress reports
-.IP "\fB-version\fP"
+.IP "\fB\-version\fP"
output version information and exit
-.IP
-.PP
-.SH "FILES"
-.IP "\fIOFMFILE\fP"
+.SH "FILES"
+.IP "\fIOFMFILE\fP" 10n
Omega Font Metric file
-.IP "\fIOVFFILE\fP"
+.IP "\fIOVFFILE\fP" 10n
Omega Virtual Font file
-.IP "\fIOVPFILE\fP"
+.IP "\fIOVPFILE\fP" 10n
Omega Virtual Property List file
-.PP
-.SH "BUGS"
-.PP
+.SH "BUGS"
Email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k>
(mailing list); good to check if the same bug is present in
-\fBvptovf\fP(1)\&.
-.PP
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.PP
+\fBvptovf\fP(1).
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBomega\fP(1), \fBofm2opl\fP(1), \fBovf2ovp\fP(1),
\fBpltotf\fP(1), \fBtftopl\fP(1), \fBvftovp\fP(1),
\fBvptovf\fP(1)
-.PP
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-.PP
+.SH "AUTHOR"
According to the WEB documentation:
-.PP
-.RS
+.PP
+.RS
\fBVPtoVF\fP is an extended version of the program \fBPLtoTF\fP,
-which is part of the standard TeXware library\&. \fBOVP2OVF\fP is an
-extended version of \fBVPtoVF\fP that allows much larger fonts\&. The
-idea of a virtual font was inspired by the work of David R\&. Fuchs who
-designed a similar set of conventions in 1984 while developing a
-device driver for ArborText, Inc\&. He wrote a somewhat similar program
-called \fBPLFONT\fP\&.
-.RE
-.PP
+which is part of the standard TeXware library.
+\fBOVP2OVF\fP is an extended version of \fBVPtoVF\fP
+that allows much larger fonts.
+The idea of a virtual font was inspired by the work of David R.\& Fuchs
+who designed a similar set of conventions in 1984
+while developing a device driver for ArborText, Inc.
+He wrote a somewhat similar program called \fBPLFONT\fP.
+.RE
+.PP
The primary authors of Omega were John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.
Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live.
-.PP
-This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly for the Debian
-GNU/Linux system\&. It is also now maintained as part of TeX Live.
+.PP
+This manual page was written by C.M.\& Connelly for the Debian
+GNU/Linux system.
+It is also now maintained as part of TeX Live.
