Re: Is there a Groff showcase?

On Do 07 Dez 2023 at 21:35, Mike <898...@smartsprout.co.uk> wrote: > I was thinking of a website or web page which demonstrates the extent > of groff's capabilities. > > If there isn't anything like this, currently. Has this been considered? > > I have only just learned of groff. The manual is

Re: problem with mm macros

On Mo 15 Mär 2021 at 15:00, Dave Kemper wrote: > Andreas and Robert, are the other issues you noted in this thread > manifestations of the same problem, or separate problems? I'm not at > all an mm user so don't know the expected behavior, but from the > descriptions, it sounds like at least

Re: problem with mm macros

On Mo 15 Mär 2021 at 17:45, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > This can be fixed quickly by adding, below the line that > prints the author's name, > > \\*[cov*au!\\n[let*i]!1] > > the following lines: > > .nr let*j 0 1 > .while !'\\*[cov*at!\\n[let*i]!\\n+[let*j]]'' \{\ >

Re: problem with mm macros

On Mo 15 Mär 2021 at 06:38, Dave Kemper wrote: > On 2/25/21, Andreas Eder wrote: >> Now the problem is that groff doesn't show the author's title below the >> author's name. Both heirloom and neatroff do, so it is maybe a bug in >> groff? > > Andreas, > > Doe

Re: problem with mm macros

On Fr 26 Feb 2021 at 08:48, Robert Goulding wrote: > Actually, I now see that documents headed with .LT don't use .AU etc., but > .WA. And for the most part it works. > > But there is still a bug, with one of the four types of letters. > > Try this: > > .LT SP > .WA "John Doe" > Nowhere, > USA.

Re: problem with mm macros

On Do 25 Feb 2021 at 10:40, Mike Bianchi wrote: > Andreas has found a true bug. The .AT macro does not act as advertised in > groff_mm ... > The title _does_not_ show up after the name in the signature block. > > Search /usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/m.tmac (the copy I am using at

Re: problem with mm macros

On Do 25 Feb 2021 at 10:40, Mike Bianchi wrote: > Andreas has found a true bug. The .AT macro does not act as advertised in > groff_mm ... > The title _does_not_ show up after the name in the signature block. > > Search /usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/m.tmac (the copy I am using at

Re: problem with mm macros

On Do 25 Feb 2021 at 10:40, Mike Bianchi wrote: > Andreas has found a true bug. The .AT macro does not act as advertised in > groff_mm ... > The title _does_not_ show up after the name in the signature block. > > Search /usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/m.tmac (the copy I am using at

Re: problem with mm macros

On Do 25 Feb 2021 at 10:40, Mike Bianchi wrote: > Andreas has found a true bug. The .AT macro does not act as advertised in > groff_mm ... > The title _does_not_ show up after the name in the signature block. > > Search /usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/m.tmac (the copy I am using at

problem with mm macros

below the author's name. Both heirloom and neatroff do, so it is maybe a bug in groff? Also both heirloom and neatroff show name and tile in bold, whereas groff only shows the name an does not do so in bold. Maybe someone with more experience in roff can explain what goes wrong. Sincerly, Andreas Eder

Re: Bulleted list items without ms macros?

On Mi 10 Feb 2021 at 10:49, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > you can find it here: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2010-09/msg00038.html > > ...it is not compatible with the ms-macroset (or any other macroset?). > You need troff "assembler" code to change things like font size etc. Thank you.

Re: Bulleted list items without ms macros?

On Mo 08 Feb 2021 at 05:25, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > from the internet I downloaded a set of macro definitions > (tmac.letter) to produce letters in the german "DIN Brief" > format. Now that sounds interesting. Where did you find that? 'Andreas

Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

On Sa 05 Mai 2018 at 01:15, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > (BTW, most Germans who use it also pronounce it wrong, > namely as in "ich" instead of as in "Bach".) What do you mean by that? The sound of the 'ch' is the same in both cases. 'Andreas ( a german native