Re: [Groff] UTP markup

[Meg McRoberts]

Thanks, Werner!  This looks simple enough, but I'm getting a
slew of errors.  One thought -- does this require gcc 3.0?
OpenLinux has a 2.95.2 gcc compiler.

I'm attaching the log but suspecting that this is my problem...
meg

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--- Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > > Many, or perhaps most of us just use the prebuilt binaries that
> > > come with Linux, *BSD, or whatever.  However, some on the list do
> > > build their own binaries to keep up with the latest release.  If
> > > you describe the problems you're having, I'm sure someone can
> > > help.
> > 
> > I haven't been able to find these on my system -- I'm running
> > Caldera OpenLinux, and I have the source files but don't seem to
> > have built text.  For example, I did "locate meintro" and found the
> > meintro.me file in my groff-current directory and one in the
> > /usr/share/doc/packages/groff-1.16.1 directory.  I issued a make in
> > that directory and bombed out fast.
> 
> Here a quick guide how to get the latest, greatest documentation of
> groff.
> 
>   . Download
> 
>       ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
> 
>   . Unpack it with
> 
>       tar xzvf groff-current.tar.gz
> 
>   . Change into the just extracted groff directory and say
> 
>       ./configure
>       make
> 
>     This step will build most of the documentation in both ps and
> html
>     format; additionally, the groff texinfo manual is converted into
>     the `info' format.
> 
>   . If you like, say
> 
>       make install
> 
>     to install both the groff binaries as well as the documentation
>     (including the info files).  By default, groff installs into
>     /usr/local -- this shouldn't overwrite your distribution's groff
>     which is in /usr.
> 
>   . Change into groff's `doc' directory and enter one of
> 
>       make groff.dvi
>       make groff.pdf
>       make groff.html
> 
>     to get the groff texinfo manual in various formats.  The produced
>     dvi file can be converted further to ps with
> 
>       dvips -P cmz -o groff.ps groff.dvi
> 
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> 
>   Werner


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