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Re: [Groff] An environment variable for enabling compatibility mode
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ralph |
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Re: [Groff] An environment variable for enabling compatibility mode |
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Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:54:34 +0000 |
Hi Bernd,
> > How does this improve on groff's -C option which it currently
> > passes onto all the pipeline commands?
>
> Not at all. This is the implementation of the -C option as an
> environment variable.
So, in other words, you're saying you have a legacy troff document,
along with a shell script containing commands like `pic' and `tbl' and
you want to be able to run said script but still tell groff to be in
compatible-mode via an environment variable.
> > I still think that's the case because, as Jon said, we end up with
> > documents that use some groff extensions, so we can't use -C, but
> > we don't want them to break with future groffs.
>
> That's a different topic; this is worth to have a thread of its own.
> I'm speaking only about compatibility to classical pre-groff
> compatibility. That's what -C is about.
OK, I understand now. Didn't mean to hi-jack your thread, although I
think it's a small subset of multi-compatibility flags. I'll go and
start my own ;-)
Ralph.
Re: [Groff] An environment variable for enabling compatibility mode, Werner LEMBERG, 2002/01/31
Re: [Groff] An environment variable for enabling compatibility mode, Werner LEMBERG, 2002/01/31