On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 10:28:19PM -0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 9:01???PM Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarn...@simnet.is> > wrote: > > In the file "tmac/pdfpic.tmac" the request '.pso' is used with a variable. > > As this request is only valid in an unsafe mode (groff option '-U') it only > > may take a constant text. > > As http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66382 points out, this is not true of > stock groff. > > > .\" execute with the option -U (unsafe) > > .ds commmand-example date > > \*[command-example] > > .pso \*[command-example] > > .\".pso date > > .ie t troff-mode:after a request .pso > > .el nroff-mode: after a request .pso > > > > Result: > > > > troff:pso.groff:3: warning: macro 'command-example' not defined > > That's because "command-example" is not defined in this file. The .ds > line defines a similar string name, but with three m's in "command". > > Also observe that the warning is reported on line 3, which is not the > .pso line, but the line above it, which also uses the undefined string > using the two-m spelling of "command". >
Thanks for noticing this! My conclusions are thus wrong (luckily)!
