On 15/12/23 14:14, Damian McGuckin wrote:
There are times when I prefer to use other tools like simple Python to
do some of the harder work such as creating alternate/multiple documents
from some master depending on the scenario.
A lot of the documentation for Documenters Workbench 3.3, the
On Thu, 14 Dec 2023, Larry McVoy wrote:
Agreed, I plugged -ms because after trying other stuff, I came back
to -ms. Haven't tried mom, I'm retired, but I hear good things.
But your point that this is pure troff is spot on. No macro package
required.
There are times when I prefer to use
Agreed, I plugged -ms because after trying other stuff, I came back
to -ms. Haven't tried mom, I'm retired, but I hear good things.
But your point that this is pure troff is spot on. No macro package
required.
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 01:33:42PM +1100, Robert Thorsby wrote:
> On 15/12/23 12:44,
Typo \^[Answers] should be \*[Answers]
There may be more.
Rotten debilitating medical condition is to blame.
Robt
On 15/12/23 13:33, Robert Thorsby wrote:
.ds Answers marker
...
.ie '\^[Answers]'marker' \{\
. etc etc etc
On 15/12/23 12:44, Larry McVoy wrote:
Here's the intro at the top of the -ms doc:
It may be worth noting that you do not need to use the ms macro package
or any macro package at all (apart from the built-in macros, of course).
I usually create a defined string (.ds) or number register
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 01:28:56AM +, Mike wrote:
> > Almost all my exams (being a science teacher) are created using
> Groff.
>
> That sounds really interesting. If it isn't confidential, I'd love to
> see a copy of your exam paper to see how it was made and how you create
> two versions in
> Almost all my exams (being a science teacher) are created using
Groff.
That sounds really interesting. If it isn't confidential, I'd love to
see a copy of your exam paper to see how it was made and how you create
two versions in the same document.
Kind regards,
Mike
On Thursday, 14 December 2023 22:35:26 GMT Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> File examples in
>
> https://list.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2023-12/msg00013.html
>
> with subject "Groff hdtbl tables disappear near the footer".
>
> /usr/bin/groff -Tpdf -ms -mhdtbl hdtbl-issue.ms > hdtbl-issue.pdf
File examples in
https://list.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2023-12/msg00013.html
with subject "Groff hdtbl tables disappear near the footer".
/usr/bin/groff -Tpdf -ms -mhdtbl hdtbl-issue.ms > hdtbl-issue.pdf
Output does not have a "coloured" header "Professional
Experience" (but black on
