Re: [Groff] how to include references?

[Ulf Martin]

hi ralph,

thank you for the kind help!

the problem is solved.
it was a newline probem:
i am using the cygwin groff on win2k
which uses unix line terminators -
telling the editor to do the same solved the problem.
(it was refer that caused the problem,
groff itself was obviously not confused.)

bye
--
ulf martin
address@hidden


Ralph Corderoy wrote:

> Hi Ulf,
>
>  
>
> > i have a file "biblio.ref" as the database with  entries like
> > %A humpty dumpty
> > ...
> >    
>
>    $ cat biblio.ref 
>    %A Eric P. Allman
>    %T Writing Papers with NROFF using -me
>    %I University of California Berkeley
>    %D 1986
>    %P 19
>
>    %A Eric P. Allman
>    %T -me Reference Manual
>    %I University of California Berkeley
>    %D 1986
>    %P 16
>
>  
>
> > in my text file "text.ms" in the same directory i have
> > .
> > .R1
> > database biblio.ref
> > .R2
> >
> > ...
> >
> > .[
> > [ ] humpty dumpty
> > .]
> >    
>
>    $ cat text.ms
>    .R1
>    database biblio.ref
>    .R2
>    Use me's manual
>    .[
>    [ ] -me Reference Manual
>    .]
>    as a test.
>
>  
>
> > but then
> >
> > groff -R -ms text.ms > text.ps
> >
> > generates an error message
> > "missing .R2 line"
> > "unknown command .R2"
> > and than all the following commands aren't recognized any more.
> >    
>
>    $ groff -Tascii -R -ms text.ms |cat -s
>
>    Use me's manual1 as a test.
>
>    -----------
>      1 Eric  P.  Allman, -me Reference Manual, p. 16,
>      University of California Berkeley (1986).
>
>  
>
> > what am i doing wrong, and how is this done properly?
> >    
>
> Sorry, I don't know what you're doing wrong.  I guess a couple of small
> test files from you that show the problem would let us see if we can
> re-create it.  Alternatively, try my ones above.
>
> What version are you using?
>
>    $ groff -v -Tascii -R -ms text.ms
>    GNU groff version 1.17.2
>    called subprograms:
>    GNU refer (groff) version 1.17.2
>    GNU grotty (groff) version 1.17.2
>    GNU troff (groff) version 1.17.2
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Ralph.
>
>
>