Re: Proper usage of .rd? Tutorial or Example?

[Robert Thorsby]

If I may be permitted an observation.

On 4/12/24 08:08, onf wrote:
> On Tue Dec 3, 2024 at 9:40 PM CET, onf wrote:
> > There are several approaches that come to mind.

The OP is attempting to shoehorn groff into doing something it was 
designed expressly *not* to do in order to avoid using well known 
programming that is designed to do precisely what he wants.

As I understand it (and Doug and others will correct me if I am wrong) 
groff was designed not to be interactive. It took, and continues to this 
day to take, an input file which it then processes without any 
intervention by the user. Of course, during the decades of its existence 
there have been huge developments in the syntax and structure of the 
input file and the arguments and options to groff itself, with the 
result that groff is arguably the most powerful typesetting program on 
the planet.

IMNSHO the OP should be looking to introduce interoperability into the 
creation of the input file in order to ensure that when it is fed into 
groff it will produce, without further ado, the output he desires.

That's how I produced my invoices. And, I suspect, that's how everyone 
else of this list does too.

Robert Thorsby