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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/groff/nroff nroff.sh
In-Reply-To: <19990923200051.A20174@scorpion.crimea.ua> from Alexey Zelkin at "Sep 23, 1999 08:00:51 pm"
To: phantom@cris.net (Alexey Zelkin)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:55:19 -0700 (PDT)
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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"

So it was done simply as a short cut for you???  If so then I have
doubts about it beeing a commit canidate.  If it does not emit the
proper white space areas for the pic and tbl it's a bug.  I don't
like new bugs.

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

Not if it don't do the right thing and at least create the correct
amount of white space where the graphic eqn output would go.

> > And you failed to update the man page as it clearly states:
> Oops.

Thats one more reason you should have held your MFC.

> > 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.

You mean to tell me that the GNU project has no one tracking submissions
of changes to groff?  That seems really odd...

-- 
Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25)                    rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net


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