Hi, and welcome to the world of groff!
Tackling your second issue first:
On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM dvalin--- via GNU roff typesetting
system discussion wrote:
> OK, let's skip the macro library, and rely only on basic troff stuff.
>
> That should help me get the hang of things at a simple
Hi Dave,
At 2025-03-12T23:31:13-0500, Dave Kemper wrote:
> > $ groff -ms /tmp/sample.groff > /tmp/sample.ps
> >
> > troff: fatal error: can't find macro file s
>
> This suggests something installed incorrectly on your system. What
> type of system are you on? Does it have a
> /usr/share/groff/c
Hi,
My first ever lines of groff, output as default postscript, do render -
partially.
$ groff --version
GNU groff version 1.22.4
$ more /tmp/sample.groff
This is
.I "italic stuff" ,
I hope.
$ groff -ms /tmp/sample.groff > /tmp/sample.ps
troff: fatal error: can't find macro file s
OK, le