Re: Is .rd implemented at all?

[Oliver Corff]

Hi Dorai,

I have no other version at hand so I cannot check. Maybe you try 1.22.3,
it should be available in many software distributions.

Oliver.


On 15/12/2020 21:52, Dorai Sitaram via wrote:
>   Thanks, Oliver. I'm using
>
> GNU groff version 1.23.0.rc1.69-8e09f
>
> Tried your exact same file, and it just whizzes to completion without prompting 
> for my input. Also on groff 1.22.4. Checked if I was using an alias for groff 
> that could screw things up: No.  All my GROFF* environment variables look 
> unexceptional too. I can't think of a config scenario that would affect the 
> viability of .rd .
>
> --d
>
>      On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 03:27:03 PM EST, Oliver Corff 
> <oliver.corff@email.de> wrote:
>
>   Hi again,
>
> I tested the one-liner against all installed macro packages (man, mdoc,
> me, mm, mom, ms), the request .rd works as expected.
>
> Oliver.
>
>
> On 15/12/2020 19:59, Dorai Sitaram via wrote:
> > groff.texi mentions the request .rd that's supposed to read user input mid-run, 
> > but I can't seem to get it work at all. No prompt, just quite ignoration.
> >
> >
> > --d