Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Bernd Warken wrote: > I did not have any trouble with my Debian version. This bug is not > part of groffer. A bug report to evince telling them the erroneous > version of evince would make more sense. It is not a bug. It is the normal behaviour on some very popular systems. evince is not

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-03 Thread Bernd Warken
> Von: "Blake McBride" > Having less control over evince and all the other programs that have this > (very sensible) behaviour, I think groffer should have an option to not > delete the temporary files. Perhaps possible future evocations of groffer > by the same user could delete old temp files.

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-03 Thread Blake McBride
Having less control over evince and all the other programs that have this (very sensible) behaviour, I think groffer should have an option to not delete the temporary files. Perhaps possible future evocations of groffer by the same user could delete old temp files. Blake McBride On Mon, Aug 3, 2

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, > OK, Kal is back from lunch on #evince. There isn't a command-line > option to make #2 not exit. #2 hands the work over to #1 using D-Bus. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Bus > > If evince is compiled without D-Bus support, each evince will act > independently. I'd guess that wou

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, > Whatever the reason for the differences we're seeing, it seems clear > that this is what's making evince unsuitable for use with groffer for > Blake unless he stops groff deleting the temporary file. Perhaps > there's some option to evince that'll make #2 do the work itself, as > if it cou

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Bernd Warken wrote: > I tried that with groff 1.18.1 of Debian testing and the actual > CVS-code of 1.20.1. In both variations, xour groffer command worked > without problems. The temporary file was not deleted. even wtih > several evince programs running. > > Maybe your evince version is b

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-03 Thread Ted Harding
On 02-Aug-09 23:32:27, Blake McBride wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Ted Harding > wrote: > >> On 02-Aug-09 19:20:39, Bernd Warken wrote: >> >> Von: "Blake McBride" >> > T> groffer --ps --ps-viewer evince groff >> >> It doesn't display the pages (although "evince file.ps" works >> >

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-02 Thread Blake McBride
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Ted Harding wrote: > On 02-Aug-09 19:20:39, Bernd Warken wrote: > >> Von: "Blake McBride" > > T> groffer --ps --ps-viewer evince groff > >> It doesn't display the pages (although "evince file.ps" works fine). > > > > I tried that with groff 1.18.1 of Debian te

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-02 Thread Blake McBride
When I look at Help / About I get (after typing 'evince'): Document Viewer 2.26.1 Using poppler 0.15.5 (cairo) The evince authors I am using the latest version of Ubuntu Linux (9.04). Just, FYI. Blake McBride

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-02 Thread Ted Harding
On 02-Aug-09 19:20:39, Bernd Warken wrote: >> Von: "Blake McBride" > T> groffer --ps --ps-viewer evince groff >> It doesn't display the pages (although "evince file.ps" works fine). > > I tried that with groff 1.18.1 of Debian testing and the actual > CVS-code of 1.20.1. > In both variations

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-02 Thread Bernd Warken
> Von: "Blake McBride" T> groffer --ps --ps-viewer evince groff > > It doesn't display the pages (although "evince file.ps" works fine). I tried that with groff 1.18.1 of Debian testing and the actual CVS-code of 1.20.1. In both variations, xour groffer command worked without problems. Th

Re: [Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-02 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Blake, > Digging in a little it seems that evince is passed a postscript file > made in a temporary directory created in /tmp. The problem is that > that directory seems to have been removed, thus evince couldn't > display anything. Interestingly, if I do: > > groffer --ps --ps-viewer

[Groff] Problem using groffer with evince

2009-08-01 Thread Blake McBride
Greetings, I am having some trouble with groffer that I haven't been able to figure our too easily. If I do: groffer --ps --ps-viewer gv groff everything works fine. But if I do: groffer --ps --ps-viewer evince groff It doesn't display the pages (although "evince file.ps" works fine