> Von: "Tadziu Hoffmann"
>
> > I would be nice if you could do that for the other
> > cstr ps-files that document classical troff.
>
> I'll try.
Thank you.
> Which files will we need?
See http://troff.org/papers.html. There are the CSTR-files,
but also a lot of other ps-files.
Is it posssib
> I would be nice if you could do that for the other
> cstr ps-files that document classical troff.
I'll try. Which files will we need?
Daniel --
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013, Daniel Lyons wrote:
> I'm thinking now if I ever want to do footnotes or number headings
> or whatever, I should instead customize one of the existing macro
> packages. This is my question. I gather this is usually done with
> -ms, is that correct? Would anybody
> Von: "Tadziu Hoffmann"
>
> > > (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/54.ps.gz).
> >
> > The 54.ps.gz are broken all over the internet.
>
> Sorry, I had forgotten about that because I had fixed my
> downloaded copy. It's actually quite simple: move all
> the %%BeginGlobal...%%EndGlobal sectio
> > (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/54.ps.gz).
>
> The 54.ps.gz are broken all over the internet.
Sorry, I had forgotten about that because I had fixed my
downloaded copy. It's actually quite simple: move all
the %%BeginGlobal...%%EndGlobal sections into the prolog
(i.e., before %%EndProlog
> 103.ps.gz is broken, beginning at page 5. Does anyone have
> another format or knows about that?
I hacked the PS file to create a PDF that appears to be okay:
www.usm.lmu.de/~hoffmann/roff/103.pdf
Hi,
Bernd wrote:
> Tadziu wrote:
> > A good starting point are the tutorial examples in the old Bell Labs
> > Computing Science Technical Report #54
> > (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/54.ps.gz).
>
> The 54.ps.gz are broken all over the internet. But
> http://troff.org/54.pdf works.
(The be
It looks fine to me (using gv as a viewer), although rough round the
edges, as I use the URW not Adobe fonts. The document structure is
incomplete, so gv does not display page numbers.
Denis
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:55:18 +0100 (CET)
"Bernd Warken" wrote:
> From troff.org:
>
> IDEAL User's Manual
>> http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/103.ps.gz
>>
>> 103.ps.gz is broken, beginning at page 5. Does anyone have another
>> format or knows about that?
>>
>> Bernd Warken
>>
>>
> I just opened the above link and for me it's *not* broken (25 pages).
Bernd, try to call ghostscript's ps2pdf to get a
Am 05.02.2013 11:55, schrieb Bernd Warken:
From troff.org:
IDEAL User's Manual. CSTR #103, C. J. Van Wyk, Bell Labs, December 1981.
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/103.ps.gz
103.ps.gz is broken, beginning at page 5. Does anyone have another
format or knows about that?
Bernd Warken
I ju
>> -- But why using man and hdtbl together?
>
> Why not (besides that TTY is not supported yet)?
I mean, relying on a large macro package like hdtbl is a bad idea if
you want to write real man-pages. However, the man format itself can
certainly used for other documentation also, and in case it
> `groff -mhdtbl -man ...´ works for both man and hdtbl with the only
> restriction, that hdtbl's .TH is overwritten by man, which doesn't
> matter hdtbl because .TH is more optional and one can do the same
> with .TD.
Using .mso after .TH, you have a working .TH for hdtbl also.
> -- But why usi
> Von: "Joachim Walsdorff"
>
> Am 05.02.2013 09:13, schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
> >
> > As does
> >
> >groff -man -hdtbl
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> `groff -mhdtbl -man ...´ works for both man and hdtbl with the only
> restriction, that hdtbl's .TH is overwritten by man, which doesn't
> matter hdtbl be
>From troff.org:
IDEAL User's Manual. CSTR #103, C. J. Van Wyk, Bell Labs, December 1981.
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/103.ps.gz
103.ps.gz is broken, beginning at page 5. Does anyone have another
format or knows about that?
Bernd Warken
Daniel Lyons wrote:
> I'm fairly new to groff.
Me too, I'm a four year old troffer.
> I'm thinking now if I ever want to do footnotes or number
> headings or whatever, I should instead customize one of
> the existing macro packages. This is my question.
I think there's four ways of using trof
> Von: "Tadziu Hoffmann"
>
> A good starting point are the tutorial examples in the
> old Bell Labs Computing Science Technical Report #54
> (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/54.ps.gz).
The 54.ps.gz are broken all over the internet. But
http://troff.org/54.pdf
works.
Bernd Warken
Am 05.02.2013 09:13, schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
In my man-page is everything ok, as soon as I use the .mso line,
even groffer in tty mode.
Using `groff -man -mhdtbl ...' leads to errors, even without any
output. 2 `-m' parameters seem to be illegal.
Well, in this very case Bernd is right: You
> I'm thinking now if I ever want to do footnotes or number
> headings or whatever, I should instead customize one of
> the existing macro packages.
If you're doing this (mostly) for fun and to really learn
troff, I suggest you try to cobble together your own macros
for this first. Then you can
>> In my man-page is everything ok, as soon as I use the .mso line,
>> even groffer in tty mode.
>>
>> Using `groff -man -mhdtbl ...' leads to errors, even without any
>> output. 2 `-m' parameters seem to be illegal.
Well, in this very case Bernd is right: You *must* write
.TH
.mso hdtbl.t
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