[bug #65977] [troff] `device` request should diagnose if used too early

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65977>

                 Summary: [troff] `device` request should diagnose if used too
early
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: gbranden
               Submitted: Thu 11 Jul 2024 06:06:44 AM UTC
                Category: Core
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Warning/Suspicious behaviour
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Thu 11 Jul 2024 06:06:44 AM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Instead it is silently ignored.


$ printf '.device tty: foo\\h#1i#bar\n' | groff -T ascii -Z
x T ascii
x res 240 24 40
x init
p1
x trailer
V2640
x stop


Alternatively, fix it so it works as the entrée to the meal.







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