Re: [Groff] groff as a backend

[Bernd Warken]

address@hidden schrieb am 16.12.04 22:16:59:
> 
> On the other hand, it is fairly straightforward to achieve
> what I call "delayed WYSIWYG" with groff (and I have seen it
> achieved in TeX with what, if I recall correctly, is called
> "ActiveTeX").
> 
> Essentially (and I have posted a Unix/Linux script for it
> before), you use a script which
> 
> 1. Creates initial groff source and PostScript output files
> 2. Opens 'gv' to display the PS file, 'gv' in "watch" mode
>    (i.e. as soon as the PS file changes it re-reads it)
> 3. Watches the groff source file and, as soon as it changes,
>    runs 'groff' on it, thereby chenging the PS file (see (2)).

The easier way is to rerun `groffer' on the source file.

Bernd Warken

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