From 0e0a0e6429c7113acf15c4c94bd5fe94c45f9e99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ru Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:12:05 +0000 Subject: Virgin import of FSF groff v1.17 --- contrib/groff/INSTALL | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'contrib/groff/INSTALL') diff --git a/contrib/groff/INSTALL b/contrib/groff/INSTALL index 0465f4e..cdf7eb9 100644 --- a/contrib/groff/INSTALL +++ b/contrib/groff/INSTALL @@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ usual malloc, it is good idea to include it in LIBS. For example, using the malloc that comes with GNU Emacs version 20 can give a worthwhile (and sometimes spectacular) performance improvement. +If you want A4 or letter paper format and the configure script produces +an incorrect guess, say + + PAGE=xxx ./configure + +where `xxx' should be either `A4' or `letter'. Note that this will only +affect the paper selection for grops. For compatibility with ditroff, +the default page length in gtroff is always 11 inches. The page length +can be changed with the `pl' request. + When you have built groff, you can use the test-groff script to try groff out on one of the man pages. (Use the .n files not the .man files.) The test-groff script sets up environment variables to allow -- cgit v1.1