[Groff] how to use groffer

2014-03-08 Thread GregExp
Hi groffies, I am testing groffer with a table made with tbl. groffer --groff table > table.ps works. I get the same output as with groff -t table > table.ps I tried to use it on the way I found it here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2005-10/msg00087.html groffer --ps table It do

Re: [Groff] The future redux

2014-03-08 Thread Ted Harding
[see at end] On 08-Mar-2014 19:23:18 Peter Schaffter wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2014, Pierre-Jean wrote: >> Peter Schaffter wrote: >> >> [ about heirloom troff paragraph at once adjustment ] >> >> > > I believe that Groff will face this kind of problems. >> > >> > FWIW, the mom macros solved this

Re: [Groff] The future redux

2014-03-08 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Sat, Mar 08, 2014, Pierre-Jean wrote: > Peter Schaffter wrote: > > [ about heirloom troff paragraph at once adjustment ] > > > > I believe that Groff will face this kind of problems. > > > > FWIW, the mom macros solved this thorny some time ago. I won't > > say it was easy--I still recall th

Re: [Groff] The future redux

2014-03-08 Thread Pierre-Jean
Peter Schaffter wrote: [ about heirloom troff paragraph at once adjustment ] > > I believe that Groff will face this kind of problems. > > FWIW, the mom macros solved this thorny some time ago. I won't > say it was easy--I still recall the hair-pulling six weeks I spent > getting it right. And

[Groff] Clarification

2014-03-08 Thread Peter Schaffter
Ralph pointed out to me, off list, that my assessment of the original man macros ("piss-poor"), could be construed as insulting to Doug, who laid out the original structure of manpages. First off, thanks, Ralph. Secondly, Doug--no slight intended. We're discussing specifics of macro implementatio