Hello,
Carsten Kunze carsten.ku...@arcor.de wrote:
There seems to be a first bug in the manual ;)
On page 24 section 12.4. Line drawing there is
underlining done with .ul (which actually gives italic
output). The correct macro name would be .us like
defined above.
Please correct me if
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there's
any bug here :
The .ul internal command draw an underline when possible,
and use italics when it's not possible. For example, on a
terminal without underlining capabilities, italics are used.
.us is just an example of an handmade
Carsten Kunze carsten.ku...@arcor.de wrote:
The whole paragraph does not make sense if .ul is used. Why defining .us
and not using it. This is a typo. troff doesn't underline by itself.
One way is to write a custom macro (as .us) or use ms macro's .UL.
.ul only underlines in nroff.
Please
Please remember that the document applies to both nroff and troff.
For nroff (terminals, printers), .ul does underlining. For typesetters
(includes laser printers) troff .ul does italics. The .us macro shows
how to get real underlining on a typesetter device.
Please read that paragraph
On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:58 , Carsten Kunze carsten.ku...@arcor.de wrote:
If I'am able to reproduce a major issue should I report to the list? Or to
you? Or is there currently no maintenance of plan9 troff?
The best thing to do is submit a patch. Troff is maintained with the rest of
the
Hello,
the link
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/troff.html
on the web site
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Using_troff/index.html
does not work. There is a lot of information about troff but I am interested
in special plan9 troff extensions.
Is there someone maintaining
the link
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/troff.html
on the web site
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Using_troff/index.html
does not work.
I believe the html version of this manual has not been generated because
of some rending issues. You can still read the pdf manual.
I've just generated the html version on http://9grid.fr/sys/doc/troff.html
and there are indeed some issues.
Thank you!
If I'am able to reproduce a major issue should I report to the list? Or to you?
Or is there currently no maintenance of plan9 troff?
--Carsten
If I'am able to reproduce a major issue should I report to the list? Or to
you? Or is there currently no maintenance of plan9 troff?
Sending bug reports to 9fans should be fine.
--
David du Colombier
If I'am able to reproduce a major issue should I report to the list? Or to
you? Or is there currently no maintenance of plan9 troff?
Sending bug reports to 9fans should be fine.
There seems to be a first bug in the manual ;)
On page 24 section 12.4. Line drawing there is underlining done
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