Thanks! This looks to be just what I need. I'll try it out. Arnold
> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:47:09 +0200 (CEST) > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: grops question > From: Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> > > > Hi. I have some additional postscript fonts that I like to have > > available. Every time I install Linux I have to copy these into the > > /usr/share/.../devps directory and update the download and DESC > > files. > > > > Is there some way to specify a search path (e.g., an environment > > variable) so that I can keep my personal fonts off in /usr/local/ or > > $HOME somewhere and then grops will find things? Then it's one less > > thing to remember to do when I update my linux dist or build groff > > from scratch. > > From the troff(1) man page (the grops(1) man page refers to it): > > GROFF_FONT_PATH > A colon separated list of directories in which to search > for the devname directory. troff will scan directories > given in the -F option before these, and in standard > directories (/usr/local/share/groff/site-font, > /usr/local/share/groff/1.20.1/font, /usr/lib/font) after > these. > > [The list of fonts is prepended to the default directories.] > > Note, however, that groff reads only a single `download' file (the > first one found in the font path). > > > As a separate question, why in the world is Fedora still shipping > > groff 1.18.x? (Yes, I know is this GNU list, but maybe y'all know > > or can do something about it.) > > Sadly, openSuSE does the same... Reason is that there is some > contributed support (mainly) for Japanese and simplified Chinese in > 1.18.1 which I have always refused to add since it is an ad-hoc > solution, and this patch doesn't apply easily to more recent groff > versions. Various people (including me) tried to improve Unicode > support in groff but failed to do so, mainly due to lack of time. > > > Werner _______________________________________________ bug-groff mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-groff
