Re: DESC 'paperfile' keyword is not documented

[Werner LEMBERG]

From: Jim Avera <address@hidden>
Subject: DESC 'paperfile' keyword is not documented
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 21:03:38 -0800

> GROFF VERSION: 1.17.2
> MACHINE: x86
> OS: SuSE Linux 7.3
> 
> COMMAND LINE:
>    echo "foo" | troff -Tps > /tmp/xx
>    grops /tmp/xx >/dev/null
> 
> DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
>     DESC 'paperfile' keyword is undocumented.
> 
> On my system, the following error occurs:
>       grops:/tmp/xx:1: can't open `/etc/papersize'
> 
> The file /etc/papersize indeed does not exist (in SuSE 7.3),
> but this file is not documented anywhere I can find.
> I searched all the g* man pages and the groff info files.
> 
> SUGGESTED FIX:
> 
> Document the 'paperfile' DESC feature in the info files.
> 
> (SuSE also needs to fix their distribution to set up /etc/papersize, but
> the lack of documentation in groff makes it hard for a normal user to
> recover from this packaging bug).

SuSE isn't using the plain version of groff, which doesn't have
support for /etc/paperfile.  So it is up to SuSE to document that
extension.

Mike, please forward this bug report to the right person.


    Werner