Re: [Groff] `groff_char.7' works only for `man', but not for `groff'

[Dale Snell]

On Mon, 26 May 2014 16:43:30 +0200
"Bernd Warken" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> 
> > Von: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
> >
> > Please be more specific.  Using current git on my GNU/Linux box, the
> > call
> > 
> >   groff -Tutf8 -t -man groff_char.n | less
> > 
> > displays just fine.
> 
> You are right.  I just forgot to include `-t'.  So something must be
> done in `grog'.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bernd Warken
> 

Bernd,

You might look at the source for the groff_char.7 man page.
According to groff_man(7)

   If a preprocessor like tbl or eqn is needed, it has become
   common to make the first line of the man page look like this:

              '\" word


However, the source file for groff_char.7 (.../man/groff_char.man)
has:
              .\" t

as its first line.  Note that it's got a leading period instead of
an apostrophe.  It's the only file in the source "man" directory
that does.  The other files that use this construct have an
apostrophe.

I found this a couple of weeks ago while trying to find out why
groff_char(7) didn't print properly.  I think it's the source
(pun not intended, but I'll keep it) of the trouble.

Anyway, I hope this helps,

--Dale

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