Re: [Groff] eqn troubles

[Larry Kollar]

Try recompiling from source. I know there was an issue in the 10.2  
days, but they might still be around. I think the end of the PROBLEMS  
file has the magic words to make good OSX binaries.

-- Larry

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On Sep 29, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Miklos Somogyi <address@hidden>  
wrote:

> On 29/09/2008, at 11:06 PM, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>
> > Hi Miklos,
> >
> > (Please keep the list CC'd so it doesn't fall on only me to answer.)
>
> Sorry, after a very long lull I forgot this ..
>
> > Did the two-line pipeline I provided work?
>
> No
>
> > > 1) eqn filename            -> syntax error "context is >>> x=y+z  
> > > <<<",
> > > though it should work
> > >
> > > 2) grog filename              -> groff -e filename
> > >
> > >    groff -e filename        -> syntax error
> > >
> > > 3) groff -e -ms filename  -> syntax error  (-ms is what you  
> > > suggested)
> > >
> > > 4) alias gr "groff -set -I directoryname -P -Pprologue-1.19.2-ms   
> > > \!:1
> > > > temporary-file"
> > >
> > >   this alias has been working well for a long time, though I haven't
> > > had eqn jobs
> > >
> > >   here "directoryname" is the directory of all my include files
> > > (e.g. a modified prologue)
> > >
> > >   gr filename                      -> syntax error
> > >
> > >    If I soelim e.tmac, it does not make a difference
> > >
> > > Please note that eqn IS called, just it does not accept anything as
> > > valid.
> >
> > Are you doing this on Mac OS X as your Mailer header suggests?   
> > There's
> > rumours that eqn as shipped by Apple has issues.
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg04206.html  Perhaps  
> > someone
> > who uses a Mac can comment on the latest situation?
>
> Yep, this is Mac OSX 10.5.5, and I see that Robert has already found  
> out about this bug.
> I wonder how could I get a proper binary.
>
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > Ralph.
>
> Thank you Ralph,
>
> Miklos