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@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ or, if you want to be portable to older troff versions, as follows: * groff can't handle my troff document. It works fine with AT&T troff. -Read the section on incompatibilities in gtroff(1). Try using the -C -option. Alternatively there's the sed script `tmac/fixmacros.sed' -which will attempt to edit a file of macros so that it can be used -with groff without the -C flag. +Read the section on incompatibilities in groff_diff(7). Try using +the -C option. Alternatively there's the sed script +`tmac/fixmacros.sed' which will attempt to edit a file of macros so +that it can be used with groff without the -C flag. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ slow computers.) * Groff doesn't use the font names I'm used to. -Use the `ftr' request. See (g)troff(1). +Use the `ftr' request. See groff_diff(7). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -119,18 +119,8 @@ comments, you can do it like this: There seem to be many different styles of page header and footer produced by different versions of the -man macros. You will need to -modify tmac/an-old.tmac to suit your personal taste. For example, if -you want the center of the page header to say - - System Programmer's Manual - -you will need to change the line - - .el .ds an-extra3 \"System Programmer's Manual - -to - - .el .ds an-extra3 System Programmer's Manual +put modified macros from tmac/an-old.tmac into man.local. More +information is available in groff_man(7). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -335,18 +325,26 @@ are available in the devps directory. * I've configured groff for A4 paper, but gtroff still seems to think that the length of a page (as returned by `\n(.p') is 11 inches. -This is intentional. The PAGE option is used only by grops. For -compatibility with ditroff, the default page length in gtroff is -always 11 inches. The page length can be changed with the `pl' -request. +This is intentional. The PAGE option during configuration is used +only by grops. For compatibility with ditroff, the default page +length in gtroff is always 11 inches. The page length can be changed +with the `pl' request. + +A convenient way to set paper dimensions is to use the -dpaper option +of groff, together with proper -P options for the postprocessor +(overriding the default). For example, use the following for PS +output on A4 paper in landscape orientation: + + groff -Tps -dpaper=a4l -P-pa4 -P-l -ms foo.ms > foo.ps + +See groff_tmac(5) for more information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -* When I print the output groff -Tps, the output is always shifted up - by about 0.7 inches; I'm using 8.5x11 inch paper. +* When I print the output of groff -Tps, the output is always shifted + up by about 0.7 inches; I'm using 8.5x11 inch paper. -Make sure that PAGE is defined to be `letter' in the top-level -Makefile. +Make sure that the paper size is `letter'. See groff_tmac(5). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -421,12 +419,14 @@ You have at least 3 options: * Groff seems to generate level 3 Postscript, but my printer is only a level 1 or 2 PostScript printer. -In fact groff generates only level 1 PostScript. The `%!PS-Adobe-3.0' -comment at the beginning of PostScript output generated by groff -indicates that the file conforms to version 3.0 of the Adobe Document -Structuring Conventions. The output generated by groff should be -printable on any PostScript printer. Problems with groff output's not -printing are most often caused by the spooling system. +In fact groff generates only level 2 PostScript (or rather level 1 +with some extensions; see grops(1) for more information how to disable +them). The `%!PS-Adobe-3.0' comment at the beginning of PostScript +output generated by groff indicates that the file conforms to +version 3.0 of the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions. The output +generated by groff should be printable on any PostScript printer. +Problems with groff output's not printing are most often caused by the +spooling system. |