Re: [Groff] new round of html bugs

[Ted Harding]

On 25-Aug-01 Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> I'm no longer sure whether this is a bug -- neither ascii nor ps
> output handle this piece of code in pic.ms correctly.  I rather think
> that that pic.ms is buggy (and I've fixed that right now).
> 
>> For example in ESR's pic guide:
>> 
>> .KS
>> .DS
>> .CW
>> \&.de PS
>> \&.br
>> \&.sp \\n[DD]u
>> \&.ie \\n[.$]<2 address@hidden bad arguments to PS (not preprocessed with
>> pic?)
>> \&.el \{\
>> \&.  address@hidden (u;\\$1)+1v
>> \&.  in +(u;\\n[.l]-\\n[.i]-\\$2/2>?0)
>> \&.\}
>> \&..
>> \&.de PE
>> \&address@hidden
>> \&.sp \\n[DD]u+.5m
>> \&..
>> .R
>> .DE
>> .KE
>> 
>> should now work.

I must have missed the original point. I have no problem with
the above code using -Tps or -Tascii (leaving in the \& at the
start of each line, of course; and also using -ms since .KS/.KE
are ms macros). What is the problem supposed to be?

Ted.

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Date: 26-Aug-01                                       Time: 10:38:47
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