Re: A version of fmt for troff files

[Walter Alejandro Iglesias]

On Feb 17 2023, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> On Feb 17 2023, John Gardner wrote:
> > >
> > > https://en.roquesor.com/Downloads/fmtroff.c
> > >
> > 
> > Missed opportunity to call it "roffmt". ;-)
> 
> I didn't realize!  My code is even less elegant than the name I chose. :-)
> You can still do this:
> 
>  $ cc fmtroff.c -o $HOME/bin/roffmt
> 
> > 
> > Anyway, I fed the program a macro package with the -n switch passed, and
> > it... basically mangled the entire file. I take it that fmtroff is only
> > designed to format prose, rather than Roff code (macros, et al)?
> 
> The '-n' option (present in OpenBSD version) formats *also* lines
> beggining with a dot ('fmtroff -h' will show you the options.)  I
> included that feature to use it with email.  Using '-t' or no option
> should NOT touch anything in lines beggining with a dot character.

Lately I realized I'd overlooked single quotes as macro control
characters!, I fixed that, and I made some other changes as I state in
the changelog at the foot here:

  https://en.roquesor.com/fmtroff.html

> 
> > 
> > Tested under OpenBSD and Linux.  You should be able to compile it under any
> > > of these OSs.
> > >
> > 
> > Compiles without a hitch on macOS too, FYI.
> 
> OK, thank you for the feedback!
> 
> 
> -- 
> Walter

-- 
Walter