Re: [Groff] Groff Wiki

2007-08-03 Thread Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
Am Freitag, 3. August 2007 schrieb Ted Harding: > There are a number of things I could usefully add to > the Groff Wiki -- especially in the eqn domain, but > also others. > > I've visited the Groff Wiki, but can;t work out how to > > a) Add a new topic (EqnTips) ob the front page > b) Edit/add to

Re: [Groff] Generating RTF

2007-08-03 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > Has anyone out there in Groffland had to produce RTF output, and > > what did you do to produce it? I'm not looking forward to > > learning RTF and writing my own troff or PS to RTF filter. > > It's not something I do myself, but in the past I had a go at > the program troffcvt: > > http:/

Re: [Groff] digits in eqn

2007-08-03 Thread Keith Marshall
On Friday 03 August 2007 06:38, Clarke Echols wrote: > I use Cygwin on a PC running Windows 98.  It has groff version > 1.18.1. > > Does anyone have a clue about when Cygwin will update > to the 1.19 version? No, but it's easy enough to grab the source tarball and build it yourself. I've been ru

RE: [Groff] Generating RTF

2007-08-03 Thread Ted Harding
On 03-Aug-07 14:59:56, James Bailie wrote: > Has anyone out there in Groffland had to produce RTF output, and > what did you do to produce it? I'm not looking forward to > learning RTF and writing my own troff or PS to RTF filter. It's not something I do myself, but in the past I had a go at the

RE: [Groff] Piic behaviour

2007-08-03 Thread Ted Harding
On 03-Aug-07 15:10:06, Udo Krebelder wrote: > Hi, > > I have a strange problem with pic. Here is the code: > > > .de PS > .. > .de PE > .. > .PS > scale = 25.4 ># draw right dimension arrow > define LinR {[ > X: line from $1 right 10 > Y: line from $2

[Groff] Groff Wiki

2007-08-03 Thread Ted Harding
There are a number of things I could usefully add to the Groff Wiki -- especially in the eqn domain, but also others. I've visited the Groff Wiki, but can;t work out how to a) Add a new topic (EqnTips) ob the front page b) Edit/add to an existing topic It may be obvious to osme, but I'm nit used

[Groff] Piic behaviour

2007-08-03 Thread Udo Krebelder
Hi, I have a strange problem with pic. Here is the code: .de PS .. .de PE .. .PS scale = 25.4 # draw right dimension arrow define LinR {[ X: line from $1 right 10 Y: line from $2 right 10 line <--> from X.center to Y.center sprintf("%g",

[Groff] Generating RTF

2007-08-03 Thread James Bailie
Has anyone out there in Groffland had to produce RTF output, and what did you do to produce it? I'm not looking forward to learning RTF and writing my own troff or PS to RTF filter. -- James Bailie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mammothcheese.ca

Re: [Groff] Bulleted number - How to do???

2007-08-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi andlabs, > What I meant to say is that although it is easy making the circle > (\D'c {radius}'), there are hard parts: > > - troff offsets the drawing, making it harder to place the text than > \kx\D'c {radius}'\h'|\nxu+3u'text (the given \k and \h instructions > from the troff Users' Manual

RE: [Groff] Number registers

2007-08-03 Thread Ted Harding
On 02-Aug-07 23:44:21, andlabs wrote: > > Hello. I'm working with code that amends to ms' PP. The code uses a > number register 1t - that is the number 1 followed by lowercase t. > First, is such an identifier legal in groff? Yes. You could even call it "1": .nr 1 100 .LP \n1 and you will see "

Re: [Groff] Bulleted number - How to do???

2007-08-03 Thread andlabs
What I meant to say is that although it is easy making the circle (\D'c {radius}'), there are hard parts: - troff offsets the drawing, making it harder to place the text than \kx\D'c {radius}'\h'|\nxu+3u'text (the given \k and \h instructions from the troff Users' Manual by Joe Ossanna) - troff t

Re: [Groff] digits in eqn

2007-08-03 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > This has been fixed 4½ years ago (starting with 1.19). The > > incorrect metric files (this is, adding negative left and right > > italic correction values for non-italic fonts) have been > > erroneously introduced in 1.18.1. > > Thanks! So it's just a question of installing correct font fil

RE: [Groff] Number registers

2007-08-03 Thread Ted Harding
On 02-Aug-07 23:44:21, andlabs wrote: > > Hello. I'm working with code that amends to ms' PP. The code uses > a number register 1t - that is the number 1 followed by lowercase t. > First, is such an identifier legal in groff? Second, what happens > if a register is not defined with .nr and used wi

Re: [Groff] digits in eqn

2007-08-03 Thread Ted Harding
On 03-Aug-07 05:12:07, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> I'm trying to overcome an eqn "phenomenon" -- in some ways a >> "feature", in others a "bug". > > It's a bug. However... > >> You will see that the "=" signs do not line up. > > This has been fixed 4½ years ago (starting with 1.19). The incorrect

Re: [Groff] Bulleted number - How to do???

2007-08-03 Thread Rüdiger Härtel
Hello Werner, thank you for your assistence. I added this to the groff wiki. http://www.groff-wiki.info/groff/BulletedNumbers Am Freitag 03 August 2007 11:00:56 schrieben Sie: > > I am in the need of bulleted numbers, ie. a filled circle with a > > number in it. Imortant to me is, that I can us

Re: [Groff] Bulleted number - How to do???

2007-08-03 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I am in the need of bulleted numbers, ie. a filled circle with a > number in it. Imortant to me is, that I can use such a bulleted > numer every where in floating text. But it is not necessary to have > it in a table for now. > > Three possible solutions came to mind: > a) a font with special