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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ printers, `Canon CAPSL' printers, `HTML' and `XHTML' formats (beta status), and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified version of the Berkeley `-me' macros, the enhanced version `gxditview' of the X11 `xditview' previewer, and an implementation of the `-mm' -macros contributed by Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se). +macros contributed by Joergen Haegg. See the file `INSTALL' for instructions on how to install from a release. You will require a C++ compiler. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The file `PROBLEMS' describes various problems that have been encountered in compiling, installing, and running `groff'. The file `MORE.STUFF' contains information about add-on packages -useful for groff. +useful for `groff'. The most recent released version of `groff' is always available by anonymous ftp from `ftp.gnu.org' in the directory `gnu/groff'. @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ line to get the URL. Depending on your requirements, you may need at least some of the following tools to build `groff' directly from its source: - perl >= v5.6.1 (see macro GROFF_PERL in m4/groff.m4) + perl >= v5.6.1 (see macro GROFF_PERL in file `m4/groff.m4') ghostscript the psutils package the netpbm package @@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ original release of `bison' 1.875 is known not to work; you *may* find that `bison' releases < 1.875 work, but in case of difficulty, please update to a later version *before* posting a bug report. -For *all* sources, you need ghostscript for creation of either `PDF' +For *all* sources, you need `ghostscript' for creation of either `PDF' or `HTML' output; the `netpbm' and `psutils' packages are required only for `HTML' output (and for compilation from the repository). If you don't intend to produce output in either of these formats, then these packages are unnecessary. -Additionally, producing `PDF' output directly with the `gropdf' device -needs a working installation of Perl. The same is true for the `chem' -preprocessor. +Additionally, producing `PDF' output directly with the `gropdf' device needs +a working installation of `perl'. The same is true for some other +preprocessors like `chem'. In Linux Debian, the installation of `texinfo' is dangerous. For it creates a file `install-info' that blocks the system installation. So @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Three mailing lists are available: To subscribe, send a mail to <list>-request@<domain> (example: groff-request@gnu.org for the `groff' list) with the word `subscribe' -in either the subject or body of the email (don't include the quotes). +in either the subject or body of the e-mail (don't include the quotes). Alternatively, you may subscribe by visiting the web pages at http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-groff |