[Groff] Re: pdfmark.tmac conflict with -mm

[Keith Marshall]

On Saturday 14 May 2005 7:18 am, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > The new pdfmark.tmac macros (thanks for these!!!) have a string LB:
> >
> > This conflicts with mm's macro LB that is used internally to begin a
> > list. I worked around this by renaming the pdfmark LB to PDFLB, but
> > it would be worth fixing this before it is officially
> > released. Patch attached.
>
> Thanks for the patch.  Keith, shall I apply it, or do you want to do
> some refinements?

Hi Werner,

I can't see the patch, so I'll trust your judgement on this.  On the 
assumption that it's a simple rename, and the associated comment is updated 
to match, I'm quite happy with a change of name to PDFLB.

This string serves as nothing more than a convenient mechanism for inserting 
a line break into the text of a pdfnote -- hence my choice the short name LB. 
I've never used the mm macros, and overlooked the potential conflict; sorry 
for any inconvenience it's caused.

BTW, the pdfnote section is one area of pdfmark.tmac that I haven't really 
focussed much attention on yet, and it does have some limitations; I will 
eventually overhaul it, and will most likely provide a different mechanism 
for inserting line breaks.  However, I think that in the short term this 
renaming of LB to PDFLB is an appropriate action, while I devote my attention 
to providing more complete documentation on the sections which are more fully 
developed, especially the pdfhref facility.

Meanwhile, if Nick, or indeed anyone else, would like to contribute an mm, or 
an me, or even a mom binding package, along similar lines to my (currently 
rather crude) spdf.tmac for ms, I'd be pleased to see that added too.

Best regards,
Keith.