Re: [Groff] win32 experiences?

[Alejandro López-Valencia]

On 30/10/2004 01:17 a.m., Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > It is not groff (that is, troff and the post processors) that have
> > problems with CRLF files.
>
>
> In GNU troff (the program), the character 0x0D is invalid and thus
> ignored.
>
>
> > Rather, it is some of the preprocessors. E.g., tbl dies
> > unceremoniously if given a CRLF file.
>
>
> 0x0D is handled as a normal input character in tbl.  I wonder whether
> I shall I use libgroff's `invalid_input_char' (as in troff, pic and
> eqn)...
>
> Do you know any reason why this is missing?

No idea. I would think that if handling 0x0D as an `invalid_input_char' 
hasn't afected the ability of OSX users to process their files it 
wouldn't hurt to use in all the preprocessors.

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Alejandro López-Valencia

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