[Groff] Re: Groff help, please

[Kees Zeelenberg]

The default installation directory is C:\Progra~1\Groff . Groff should work 
when installed in
this directory.
If you install in another directory, you should indeed set several environment 
variables. I
have never tried this myself. What may go wrong is that you should use forward 
slashes or
double backward slashes instead of single backward slashes. Also I think that 
you should not
only use the -F option (or set GROFF_FONT_PATH to d:/programs/groff/font), but 
also the -M
option (or set GROFF_TMAC_PATH to d:/programs/groff/tmac).
If you use the cygwin-version of groff, you could also try 
/cygdrive/d/programs/....
Please let me know whether this does or does not work.

Hope this helps.

Kees Zeelenberg


----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Peter Curran" <address@hidden>
Aan: <address@hidden>
Verzonden: zaterdag 7 april 2001 21:57
Onderwerp: Groff help, please


> I am sorry to bother you, but I'm trying to get the windows port of Groff
> working on my system (Win98SE), without any luck. I'm hoping you can give
> me some suggestions.
>
> I have installed Groff in D:\Programs\Groff. I am trying to run with the
> device set to -Tlj4. Whatever I try, I get the error messages
>
> /cygdrive/d/PROGRAMS/GROFF/BIN/GROFF.EXE: can't find `DESC' file
> /cygdrive/d/PROGRAMS/GROFF/BIN/GROFF.EXE:fatal error: invalid device `lj4'
>
> I have set the environment variable to point to the DESC files
> (D:\Programs\Groff\share\groff\font, or
> D:\Programs\Groff\share\groff\font\devlj4.
> and also without the \devlj4), I've tried using the -F option to set it, I
> tried copying the DESC file to the current directory and using the option
> "-F.", and various other things, without any luck. I can't think of any
> other reasonably possibilities to try.
>
> If you could give me some other ideas, I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Peter Curran
>