Re: [docbook-apps] manpage/docbook.xsl generated code broken for nroff

[Ralph Böhme]

Am 03.02.2009 um 22:16 schrieb Bob Stayton:

I don't have a system with plain nroff to test this on, so I'm not clear on

what exactly the problem is or how to fix it.

If you like I could provide you shell access to a Opensolaris 11/08 machine.

Do you know if the issue is the use of macro

that don't work with plain nroff?

names longer than two characters, or the use of built-in groff instructions

The latter. Running `checknr` (a nroff syntax checker) bails out numerous times.

If it is the former, then it could be
easily fixed by renaming defined macros, but if it is the latter,
then it will be harder.


turn it on.

If you manage to get a new 'define.macros' working, you could submit it for inclusion and we could add it to the stylesheet with an option parameter to

I got one working by completly removing the 4 mentioned macros: toupper, SH-xref, SH, SS. See: <http://netatalk.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netatalk/netatalk-docs/manual/man.xsl?revision=1.3&view=markup >

Thanks for helping!

Regards
-Ralph

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