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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-05 18:49:44 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-05 18:49:44 +0000
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Virgin import of FSF groff v1.16.1
Notes
Notes: svn path=/vendor/groff/dist/; revision=69626
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@@ -2,26 +2,25 @@ This is the GNU groff document formatting system. The version number
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, 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).
+grn, refer, -man, -mdoc, and -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, TeX
+dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, Canon CAPSL 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.
+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.
-The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been
-encountered in compiling, installing, and running groff.
+The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been encountered
+in compiling, installing, and running groff.
-For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already
-familiar with the Unix versions of troff, -man, -ms and the
-preprocessors.
+For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already 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 ftp.gnu.org in the directory pub/gnu/groff.
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ version of groff. You can access it with the commands
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
+ cvs -z9 update -dP
Please read the info pages of cvs for further details.
@@ -50,12 +49,20 @@ or a diff file relative to the latest official groff release as
ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-<version>-current.diff.gz
+Assuming that groff-<version>.tar.gz and
+groff-<version>-current.diff.gz are in the same directory, do the
+following to apply the diff file:
+
+ tar xzvf groff-<version>.tar.gz
+ cd groff-<version>
+ gunzip -c ../groff-<version>-current.diff.gz | patch -p1
+
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.
+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:
@@ -68,8 +75,8 @@ 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).
+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>. It is now
maintained by Ted Harding <ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> and Werner