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Re: [Groff] Introduction


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] Introduction
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:39:54 +0200 (CEST)

> Hmmm...why not take the text from NEWS and insert it into the html
> file?

Verbatim?  This is quite ugly IMHO.

> I'm not completely happy with the markup that groff puts out for
> this purpose.

Details, please.  Maybe it can improved easily.

>    What shall the *groff* configure script do?  Shouldn't this be
>    rather something in the *man* configure script?
> 
> The removal of the escape characters, etc., for a compatible output
> with OpenBSD's default, (this would be a configure option).  For
> now, I guess a simple note (to the INSTALL file) that man -R needs
> to be set globally to the system profile.

I've added some information about MANPAGER, both to the NEWS file and
grotty man page.  You might probably update the PROBLEMS file which is
probably the first file a user might look at.


    Werner




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