Re: [Groff] groff 1.19.2 with pdfref

[Rüdiger Härtel]

Am Tuesday 25 July 2006 16:15 schrieb Keith MARSHALL:
> Rüdiger Härtel wrote:
> > I am using the pdfref macros from Kees Zeelenberg found here
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2001-01/msg00047.html.
> >
> > It works nicely together with the ms macros. I better should
> > say worked. We updated to version 1.19.2 and now it doesn't
> > work anymore.
> >
> > Does anybody else use this macros and possibly has already
> > changed it to make it work again?
>
> IIRC, 1.19.2 installs a `pdfroff' command, and associated macros
> in `pdfmark.tmac', which provide pretty much all that Kees
> Zeelenberg's original package did, and more.  There's also an
> `spdf.tmac', which defines rudimentary bindings for the `ms'
> macros.

Hello Keith,

I know about these macros. But the macros from Kees redefined and 
enhanced the .NH and .SH macros so that I didn't need to write an 
extra .XS and .XE. That is what stops me from using it.

I also wonder why do I have to do this extra step. Even with plain 
ms I need XS and XE to get a TOC. The other way round - have 
separate argument to NH/SH to disable printing a header in TOC - 
would make more sense to me.

>
> You might like to try these, as an alternative.

No. We have a few user manual that already make use of Kees macros 
and we don't want to switch. I would think about it if the above 
mentioned feature is available.
Since I only have limited knowledge of writing groff macros at the 
time writing I cannot do it myself :(

> `man pdfroff' 
> should get you started, and there's also an [unfinished] handbook
> describing the use of the `pdfmark' macros, (it's called
> `pdfmark.pdf'), which should be installed in
> `${prefix}/share/doc/groff/1.19.2/pdf'.
>
> There have been some recent enhancements, and perhaps a few bug
> fixes, since 1.19.2; you might like to grab them from the CVS.
>
> HTH,
> Keith.

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