On 2025-01-20 Francesco Ariis wrote:
> how to convert .tff fonts to something usable by `groff`, without
> sudo access?
There is a shell script included on this page:
https://technicallywewrite.com/2023/09/16/addfonts
which works fine. You need to set GROFF_FONT_PATH. Also note that you
At 2025-01-20T16:43:34-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> I'm attaching the current version of my "make-groff-fast" script,[1]
> which I run _all the time_.
Take a drink and/or claim your wager winnings.
Regards,
Branden
#!/bin/sh
set -e
: ${TAG:=HEAD}
: ${DESTDIR:=$HOME/groff-$TAG}
PROGNAME=$
At 2025-01-20T12:38:24-0500, T. Kurt Bond wrote:
> I always install a personal copy of groff in a directory that my user
> owns, ensure that is in the path before the location of the system
> groff, and never use root access for installing fonts. I realize this
> may not be suitable for everyone.
At 2025-01-20T18:15:48+0100, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> Hello groff users,
>
> how to convert .tff fonts to something usable by `groff`, without
> sudo access?
In groff 1.23.0, both the grops(1) and gropdf(1) man pages document a
procedure for doing this. It is admittedly more tedious than usi
I always install a personal copy of groff in a directory that my user owns,
ensure that is in the path before the location of the system groff, and
never use root access for installing fonts. I realize this may not be
suitable for everyone.
T. Kurt Bond, tkurtb...@gmail.com, https://tkurtbond.git
