Re: [Groff] devps/DESC, the font line, and too many fonts...

[Werner LEMBERG]

A correction:

> [...]  Note that this scheme currently has a drawback: If you say
> `.fam Univers-', gtroff tests whether the style at position 1 does
> exist.  Normally, style `R' is at position 1, so the font
> `Univers-R' must be available (a simple temporary solution is to do
> a soft link).

This is not fully correct.  gtroff tests whether the *current font
position* is a valid font or style.  So the example in a previous mail
should look like this:


  .de RegisterStyle
  .  sty \\n[.fp] \\$1
  ..
  .
  .de DefaultFont
  .  fp 0 dummy \\$1
  ..
  .
  .de Family
  .  ft 0
  .  fam \\$1
  ..
  .
  .de Shape
  .  ft \\$1
  ..

Now you can say

  .RegisterStyle ExtraBlack
  .RegisterStyle ExtraBlackObl
  \# etc. etc.
  .
  .DefaultFont TR
  .
  .Family Univers-
  .Shape ExtraBlack
  text text


So I won't change `.fam', since this scheme works without problems.


    Werner