Andre Majorel wrote: > On 2010-08-20 09:37 +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > I'd like to include a simple diagram in a man page, something > > > like this : > > > > > > _____ _____ _____ > > > | | A | | C | | > > > | X |---->| Y |----->| Z | > > > | |<----| |<-----| | > > > |_____| B |_____| D |_____| > > > > > > I suppose I could use tbl or switch to a fixed-spacing font and > > > use .nf. What would you recommend ? > > > > The advantage of tbl is that you get a real graphics with non-TTy > > output devices. > > But for the boxes, not for the arrows, if I'm not mistaken. > > > > It must work both in print and in a terminal and not depend on > > > Groff. > > > > `Must not depend on groff'? What does this mean? > > Simply that it must work with any nroff & troff, not just Groff.
Runing "man -p p ./testfile" on this file: .TH a b c d e .PS box "X" arrow "A" "" box "Y" arrow "B" "" box "Z" .PE results in this output, which is better than nothing: a(b) e a(b) +------+ +------+ +------+ | +-A-+-| +-B-++ | | X | | Y | | Z | +------+ +------+ +------+ d c a(b) I don't know how portable pic is (especially with its output shown as text); this depends on what your target machines are. If you want to avoid the "-p p" parameter for man, you'd have to set MANROFFSEQ instead. Regards, Clemens
