Re: [Groff] pdfroff produces two copies

[Keith Marshall]

On Tuesday 04 August 2009 16:17:35 brian m. carlson wrote:
> > BTW, pdfroff is designed to work in conjunction with
> > pdfmark.tmac; omitting that seems rather unusual.
>
> Okay.  I read the list, so I was aware that it was intended to
> make using the pdfmark package easier; however, I assumed that it
> would process regular (non-pdfmark) files as well.

It will, but its multipass processing, (required to resolve pdfmark 
references), is an expensive overhead for documents which don't 
require it.

> Perhaps a mention in the man page about this might help avoid
> unrealistic expectations.

Patches -- including documentation patches -- are always welcome.

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Regards,
Keith.