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Re: [groff] Fix in 'me' package
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Bertrand Garrigues |
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Re: [groff] Fix in 'me' package |
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Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:38:28 +0200 |
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Hi Dave,
On Wed, Jun 20 2018 at 08:10:48 PM, Dave Kemper <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Currently there is no 'me' example in groff source tree, I was
>> wondering if you would like to contribute an provide an 'me' example
>> (something more like a real document rather than the test file from
>> the bug)?
>
> Hi Bertrand,
>
> Sorry, I don't have anything I can make public. But even when I was
> actively using -me, I didn't use most of its facilities, whereas the
> .me documents under doc/ that Ralph pointed out make a pretty wide use
> of its features, making them better candidates for a test suite.
I totally overlooked that one; I'll include it in the list of doc I
(unfortunately manually) check when I build groff.
> Bug 42191 in particular is an edge case not likely to arise by chance
> in a document, so I think you'll need a test specifically designed to
> trigger it anyway, which the snippet cited in that bug will (rather
> ham-fistedly) do.
OK, I'll see if I can include it in some way.
Regards,
Bertrand