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diff --git a/contrib/groff/PROBLEMS b/contrib/groff/PROBLEMS index b73db2f..001610e 100644 --- a/contrib/groff/PROBLEMS +++ b/contrib/groff/PROBLEMS @@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ on the Software Companion CD and is installed as /opt/sfw/bin/gmake. * On Ultrix, the make stops with the message - *** Error code 1 + *** Error code 1 - Stop. + Stop. -for no apparent reason. + for no apparent reason. Use GNU make. @@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ No. Real dependency files are created with a `make depend' call. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -* Groff can't handle my troff document. It works fine with AT&T troff. +* Groff can't handle my troff document. It works fine with AT&T troff. Read the section on incompatibilities in gtroff(1). Try using the -C -option. Alternatively there's the sed script in tmac/fixmacros.sed +option. Alternatively there's the sed script `tmac/fixmacros.sed' which will attempt to edit a file of macros so that it can be used with groff without the -C flag. @@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ with groff without the -C flag. Yes, it does. You may need to compile fonts with Metafont at these magnifications. The CompileFonts script in the devdvi/generate -directory may help you to do this. (It will take a *long* time.) +directory may help you to do this. (It will take a *long* time on +slow computers.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ ps-file-server@adobe.com.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * I've configured groff for A4 paper, but gtroff still seems to think - that the length of a page (as returned by \n(.p) is 11 inches. + that the length of a page (as returned by `\n(.p') is 11 inches. This is intentional. The PAGE option is used only by grops. For compatibility with ditroff, the default page length in gtroff is @@ -231,9 +232,22 @@ request. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +* groff produces wrapper macros for `ms' and friends which call the + system's original macros. Then, to get groff's ms macro package I + have to use `-mgs' instead `-ms'. Can I avoid this? + +Yes. Configure and compile groff as usual, but install it with + + make install tmac_wrap="" + +Then no wrapper files are produced, and `-ms' will use groff's `ms' +macros. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + * Groff doesn't use the font names I'm used to. -Use the `ftr' request. See gtroff(1). +Use the `ftr' request. See (g)troff(1). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -326,11 +340,7 @@ files produced by TeX. Try getting a more up to date driver. * I get lots of errors when I use groff with the AT&T -mm macros. -The AT&T -mm macros need a few changes to work with groff; `make -install.dwbmm' will copy your -mm macros to groff's macro directory -and make the necessary changes. You may need to edit the commands for -the install.mm target in the Makefile. Alternatively use the groff --mm macros. +Use the groff -mm macros. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -369,7 +379,7 @@ comments, you can do it like this: There seem to be many different styles of page header and footer produced by different versions of the -man macros. You will need to -modify macros/tmac.an to suit your personal taste. For example, if +modify tmac/an-old.tmac to suit your personal taste. For example, if you want the center of the page header to say System Programmer's Manual @@ -410,10 +420,9 @@ The solution is to fix the manual page: The Ultrix man pages use a number of non-standard extensions to the Unix man macros. One solution is to use the Ultrix -man macros with -groff. Rename /usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an to -/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an.gnu, copy /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an to -/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an and apply the following patch (from -Frank Wortner): +groff. Copy /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an to +/usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac/an.tmac and apply the following patch +(from Frank Wortner): *** /usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an Wed Sep 9 12:29:28 1992 --- /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an Fri Jul 24 19:58:19 1992 @@ -436,17 +445,25 @@ Frank Wortner): .}f Another possible solution is to install tmac/man.ultrix as -/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/man.local. +/usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac/man.local. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * I'm having problems formatting HP-UX 9.0 man pages with groff -man. -Rename /usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an to (for example) -/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.gan, copy HP's tmac.an into -/usr/local/lib/groff/tmac/tmac.an, and either put `.cp 1' at the -beginning or filter it (and any files it .so's) through -tmac/fixmacros.sed. +Copy HP's tmac.an into /usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac/an.tmac, and +either put `.cp 1' at the beginning or filter it (and any files it .so's) +through tmac/fixmacros.sed. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +* On HP-UX, the compiler complains about missing symbol `alloca'. + +Say + + export LDFLAGS=-lPW + +before starting the configure script. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
