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Re: [groff] Inexplicable error using tbl(1) 1.19.2 on macOS
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John Gardner |
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Re: [groff] Inexplicable error using tbl(1) 1.19.2 on macOS |
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Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:24:21 +1000 |
line 10: \\rq instead of \(rq
line 350: \<* and \>* instead of \*< and \*>
line 178: unknown macro XR (did you mean SX?)
Damn, your eyes are certainly sharper than mine were at the hour I wrote
this. Good catch!
The code samples in the first-half of the document were also being mangled
by Groff 1.19.2, but I already expect that since they're using the newer
.EX macros. I really ought to roll them into the page.
Would still like to know what the hell is going on with the tbl(1)
errors.... :-\
On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 at 08:17, Tadziu Hoffmann <address@hidden>
wrote:
>
> > The markup I posted which generated that error was *reduced* from
> > previously valid markup (and the error messages remained the same).
>
> Hmm, well, I *do* get the error message
>
> tbl:<standard input>:2: unrecognised format `o'
> tbl:<standard input>:2: giving up on this table
>
> if I leave out the two format descriptor lines.
> If I put them in, everything is okay.
>
> > To the best of my understanding, though, the original `tbl(1)` markup
> > <
> https://github.com/Alhadis/.files/blob/master/share/man/man5/textmate.5#L368-L492
> >
> > I authored *was* valid.
>
> Yes, it appears to be (since it doesn't throw the error),
> but it does contain the format descriptors.
>
> On the other hand, I found some other syntax errors:
>
> line 10: \\rq instead of \(rq
> line 350: \<* and \>* instead of \*< and \*>
> line 178: unknown macro XR (did you mean SX?)
>
>
>
>
Re: [groff] Inexplicable error using tbl(1) 1.19.2 on macOS, Larry Kollar, 2018/08/31