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Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man


From: ralph
Subject: Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:15:09 +0000

Hi Werner,

> > > That should also be added to groff.texinfo -- I think there's a
> > > placeholder section for it, but it hasn't been written yet.
> 
> Yes.  groff_char(7) should be translated to texinfo.

Has anyone asked GNU/rms if groff can be an exception to the rule?  rms
seems happy that things like Ogg Vorbis aren't GPL or LGPL because of
their circumstances.  So exceptions are possible.

> The following should do it perfectly:
> 
>   .char \[el] .\|.\|.\&
> 
> No need to access glyph 188 of the special font.
> 
> If you all agree, I'll add it to troff.rc -- what about using the
> entity name `ell' which is probably more mnemonic?

How about \[...] as even more mnemonic?

Cheers,


Ralph.


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