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Date:      Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:00:51 +0400
From:      Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.net>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/groff/nroff nroff.sh
Message-ID:  <19990923200051.A20174@scorpion.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <199909231610.JAA69381@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <199909231340.GAA11514@freefall.freebsd.org> <199909231610.JAA69381@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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hi,

On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 09:10:06AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > phantom     1999/09/23 06:40:29 PDT
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     contrib/groff/nroff  nroff.sh 
> >   Log:
> >   Learn nroff about -p and -t options. It allows to preprocess
> >   file with pic(1) and tbl(1).

> Though I agree with the idea, I'm not sure how practical it is
> to expect nroff to be able to actually display pic(1) output :-)
Hmmm... Reason for addition these option is my practic way -- I have few
files which require preprocessing with pic or tbl.  It's better for me
to enter "nroff -p -ms xx.ms | less" than
"groff -S -mtty-char -Tascii -p -ms xx.ms | less"

> Any reason not to add eqn support??
Do you need this option ? I remember that nroff ignores -e option.

> And you failed to update the man page as it clearly states:
Oops.
 
> Oh, and I hope this was sent back to the gnu maintaners, or it will be
> yet another FreeBSD incompatibility :-(.
Don't worry about groff package. Groff lost mainainer at middle of
1996 and still waits.

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