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commit c9629d0f2356e01890be4296031e63d4e4536f0c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon May 11 10:53:02 2026 -0500
NEWS: Wordsmith and reorganize.
I think Deri's 1 change is more like four related major improvements...!
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NEWS | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c9f69291a..c4bd3906e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- Copyright 1992-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright 1992-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2018-2026 G. Branden Robinson
2022 Ingo Schwarze
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ groff
needs to be piped through grn(1) and/or soelim(1), specify the
foregoing options as appropriate.
+pic
+---
+
+* groff's pic(1) manual, "Making Pictures With GNU PIC", is now built
+ and installed as a PDF rather than a PostScript document.
+
Macro packages
--------------
@@ -113,35 +119,39 @@ Macro packages
These macro definitions are harmlessly redundant when formatting such
a document with an older version of groff mm.
-* The s (ms) macro package now supports the parameter `-rPDFFEAT=1`
- which will enable PDF features when used with `-Tpdf`. The PDF produced
- will show an overview bookmark panel, the pdf `properties` information
- will include the document title and author(s), any TOC included will
- have clickable entries which can navigate the document (even if the
- document does not use the newer `XN` macro), and if the document has
- a cover page (introduced with RP) the TOC will be relocated to after
- the cover.
+* The s (ms) macro package now supports PDF features. Pass groff (or
+ troff) the command-line option `-r PDFFEAT=1` to enable them when
+ used with the "pdf" output device ("-T pdf").
- Two new macros: `XR` and `XM` allow clickable internal links within
- the document.
+ The PDF thus produced shows an overview bookmark panel or navigation
+ pane (viewer application support allowing); the viewer's interface to
+ document properties includes the document title and author(s); if the
+ document calls the package's `TC` macro, its entries will be
+ clickable to navigate the document (even if it does not use the `XN`
+ macro introduced in groff 1.23.0); and if the document calls `RP` to
+ configure a cover page, the TOC relocates to follow it.
- The documents ms.ms and pic.ms are now delivered as pdfs (rather than
- postscript) with features turned on. An additional document
- `Groff-PDF-Features.pdf` covers using pdf features in several macro
- packages, including `ms`.
+ The new macros `XM` and `XR` respectively set and navigate to
+ clickable internal links within the document.
- These changes were inspired by Keith Marshall's spdf.tmac which was
- withdrawn from groff, but is available at:-
+ These changes were inspired by Keith Marshall's "spdf.tmac" which was
+ withdrawn from groff in 1.24.0, but continues to be developed at:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/groff-pdfmark/
- Although there are several differences. The aim with these additions
- to `ms` was to add pdf features to any ms document without having to
- make any changes to the document at all.
+ ...though groff ms(7) differs in some respects. Our objective to
+ enable and support PDF features in any ms document without having to
+ make any changes at all to its content.
+
+* groff's ms(7) manual, "Using groff with the ms macros", is now built
+ and installed as a PDF rather than a PostScript document.
Miscellaneous
-------------
+* The new document "Groff-PDF-Features.pdf" surveys the PDF features
+ that groff enables and exposes in its full-service macro packages.
+
* The 'configure' options '--{en,dis}able-groff-allocator' introduced
in groff 1.23.0 are now deprecated. `--disable-groff-allocator` has
been implicit since that release, and we've received no reports of a
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