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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.



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