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authorJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>2000-01-12 09:51:43 +0000
committerJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>2000-01-12 09:51:43 +0000
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Virgin import of FSF groff v1.15
Notes
Notes: svn path=/vendor/groff/dist/; revision=55839
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@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@ is given in the file VERSION.
Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl,
refer, the -man macros and the -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript,
-TeX dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, and typewriter-like devices.
-Also included is a modified version of the Berkeley -me macros, an
-enhanced version of the X11 xditview previewer, and an implementation
-of the -mm macros contributed by Joergen Haegg (jh@efd.lth.se).
+TeX dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, HTML format (still alpha), and
+typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified version of the
+Berkeley -me macros, an enhanced version of the X11 xditview
+previewer, and an implementation of the -mm macros contributed by
+Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se).
See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. You will require
a C++ compiler.
The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes to groff.
-Groff is free software. See the file COPYING for copying permission.
+Groff is free software. See the file COPYING for copying permission.
The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been
encountered in compiling, installing, and running groff.
@@ -23,13 +24,53 @@ familiar with the Unix versions of troff, -man, -ms and the
preprocessors.
The most recent released version of groff is always available by
-anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu in the directory pub/gnu.
+anonymous ftp from ftp.gnu.org in the directory pub/gnu/groff.
+
+A CVS repository is now available, containing the current development
+version of groff. You can access it with the commands
+
+ export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.ffii.org:/var/cvs
+ cvs login
+ cvs -z9 co groff
+
+(if the prompt for the password appears, just press the enter key).
+After a successful login you no longer need the first two commands; an
+update of a checked out repository should be done with
+
+ cvs -z9 update -d
+
+Please read the info pages of cvs for further details.
+
+Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a
+day) from
+
+ ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
+
+or a diff file relative to the latest official groff release as
+
+ ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-<version>-current.diff.gz
Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of
-this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix the
-bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure that
-you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are not
-sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this will
-enable us to determine whether it really is a bug or not.
+this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix
+the bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure
+that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are
+not sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this
+will enable us to determine whether it really is a bug or not.
+
+Three mailing lists are available:
+
+ bug-groff@gnu.org for reporting bugs
+ groff@gnu.org for general discussion of groff
+ groff-commit@ffii.org a read-only list showing logs of
+ commitments to the CVS repository
+
+Note that groff@gnu.org is an alias for groff@ffii.org; you must be
+subscribed to the `groff' and `groff-commit' lists to send mails.
+
+To subscribe, send a mail to <list>-request@<domain> (example:
+groff-request@ffii.org) with the word `subscribe' in either the
+subject or body of the email (don't include the quotes).
-GNU groff was written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>.
+GNU groff was written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>. It is now
+maintained by Ted Harding <ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> and Werner
+Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>.