Re: Is .rd implemented at all?

[Oliver Corff]

Hi,

for me, it works as described in the info file.

Minimal working example: create a file "myfile.ro" which contains just
one line:

.rd

Say

$ groff myfile.ro > myfile.ps<CR>

As soon as you hit <CR> the terminal will wait for input. Write, e.g.:

This is a line of text.

Hit <CR> twice, as groff needs a blank line to terminate input.

Inspect the resulting file myfile.ps, et voilà, it has just one line:

"This is a line of text."

I didn't try whether .rd is disabled by any macro package, in theory,
this is possible, though I do not see a reason why this should be
necessary. groff is famous for not converting your digital estate into a
nanny state.

Oliver.


On 15/12/2020 19:59, Dorai Sitaram via wrote:
> groff.texi mentions the request .rd that's supposed to read user input mid-run, 
> but I can't seem to get it work at all. No prompt, just quite ignoration.
>
>
> --d