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[Groff] Re: groff 1.19.1 complains when formatting its own man pages


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: [Groff] Re: groff 1.19.1 complains when formatting its own man pages
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:03:06 +0200 (CEST)

>       * contrib/mm/groff_mm.man, man/groff_out.man: Don't pass more
>       than 9 arguments to a standard macro, for the benefit of old
>       systems whose macros are interpreted in compatibility mode.

Hmm, `an' 1.15 from SunOS 5.6 has this:

  .de B
  .ft 3
  .it 1 }N
  .if !"\\$1"" \&\\$1 \\$2 \\$3 \\$4 \\$5 \\$6
  ..

With other words, only up to *six* arguments are allowed with `.B'.


    Werner


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