[bug #62238] skip papersize.tmac on nroff devices

[G. Branden Robinson]

Update of bug #62238 (project groff):

                  Status:               Need Info => In Progress            
             Assigned to:                    None => gbranden               
                 Summary: Add a PAPER_FLAG for groff when creating PostScript
or PDF files => skip papersize.tmac on nroff devices

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Follow-up Comment #4:

First of all, comment #3 doesn't seem to have much to do with the original
report (comment #0).

[comment #3 comment #3:]
>   The "paper" register should only be defined for troff, insert for
> example the line
> 
> .if t \
> 
>   before the line:
> 
> .do if !d paper .ds paper @PAGE@

I see no such line in my groff Git HEAD checkout, nor in my copy of the same
file on my groff 1.22.4 installation.

If you're quoting papersize.tmac, it would seem your copy has significantly
diverged.

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/tmac/papersize.tmac

Nevertheless, I have the following patch in preparation.


$ git diff
diff --git a/tmac/troffrc b/tmac/troffrc
index 59ee9c076..a2784d78d 100644
--- a/tmac/troffrc
+++ b/tmac/troffrc
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ troffrc!html
 .\" Set the input localization to English.
 .do mso en.tmac
 .
-.\" Handle paper formats.
-.do mso papersize.tmac
+.\" Handle paper formats on typesetting devices.
+.if t .do mso papersize.tmac
 .
-.\" Handle PS images.
+.\" Handle Encapsulated PostScript images.
 .do mso pspic.tmac
 .do mso pdfpic.tmac
 .



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