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Re: [Groff] me docs


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: [Groff] me docs
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:10:08 +0000

Hi Jim,

> > So just like the kernel watches for `#! /bin/make -f' groff could
> > look for
> >
> >     .\"#! groff -p -mm
> 
> This is exceptionally dangerous and unwise.

I should have made it clearer.  It isn't an arbitrary string to pass to
/bin/sh -c.  It's a set of command line options that groff `merges'
(for some definition of merge) into ones in its argv.

The `groff' is only there to make it read a bit clearer.  groff would
look for /^\.\\"#! groff/.


Ralph.


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