Re: [Groff] groff on Intel platform

[Larry Kollar]

Miklos Somogyi wrote:

> I upgraded my old PPC with a new iMac 'cause I need Snowleopard.
> However, I don't have working gs gv groff etc. anymore.
>
> They could have been on the computer in Intel forms, but I used the  
> Migration Assistant to copy
> my things over, and PPC software may have overwritten the intel  
> versions.
> Or, the Intel stuff may not have been there at all. I dunno.

The Intel version of groff is part of the OS distribution. You'll  
probably want to recompile groff, just to have the latest. Some will  
not recommend not doing this, and I'm sure for good reasons, but I've  
been overwriting the OS-distributed groff for years by using:

        ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man

then "make install" as usual. Anything you put in /usr/share/groff/ 
site-tmac can be wiped out by a system or security update that  
affects groff (whether or not you overwrite it); it's always a good  
idea to have that directory backed up elsewhere.

GhostScript will compile without much difficulty on OSX. I use  
Preview to check output, but I'll have to check out Jeorg's pointer  
to Macports, because I do like gv & I've never gotten it to compile  
on OSX.

-- Larry