hello groff people,

Since 2009, I wrote most of my talks using a simple vim plugin
of mine:

https://github.com/eiro/slides.vim

when conference runners ask for slides, I write do a screenshot
for all the slides and convert -o slides.pdf *.png which isn't
convenient and the resulting pdf is heavy for nothing.

so I wondered if I can use .nf for each slides and a sed script
to add a page break at the end of each slides.

https://github.com/eiro/slides.vim/blob/master/test.roff

I have 3 problems here:
* rendering the utf-8 symbols that are not supported by roff famillies
* remove the extra spaces between lines (because I use symbols like
  │ or ─ to write diagrams and tables)
* monospace positionning is ruined by the byte sizes of the utf-8 symbols.

before I try to fix those all, I would like to know your feeling about
it:

* how far am I from a decent solution ?
* should I try to script something to transform a ascii diagram to a
  pic source ? (it seems to me the simplest thing is just to fix
  the current rendering)

thanks for any food for thought

regards

-- 
Marc Chantreux
Pôle CESAR (Calcul et services avancés à la recherche)
Université de Strasbourg
14 rue René Descartes,
BP 80010, 67084 STRASBOURG CEDEX
03.68.85.60.79

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