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Re: [groff] Missing -mptx in 1.22.3.
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [groff] Missing -mptx in 1.22.3. |
Date: |
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10:34:32 +0000 |
Hi Bjarni,
> > groff_tmac(5) says
> >
> > ptx A single macro is provided in this file, xx, for formatting
> > permuted index entries as produced by the GNU ptx(1) program.
> > In case you need a different formatting, copy the macro into
> > your document and adapt it to your needs.
> >
> > but /usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac has no ptx.tmac.
>
> The file "tmac/ptx.tmac" is not installed by default.
> Therefore it has to be installed manually, either from a repository or
> a tarball.
Other macro sets in that same section of groff_tmac(5) are installed,
and there's no indication that ptx is special and not installed.
I see no reason for it to not be installed and think this is a bug.
Do you agree? If so, I'll open an issue.
--
Cheers, Ralph.