[tex-live] man pages for pdftools, dvips, etc. use unportable troff syntax

Werner LEMBERG wl at gnu.org
Tue May 8 22:59:18 CEST 2007


> 2. Rename to .Ur.

For the time being this is probably the best solution.  Note that Eric
Raymond and I worked together to find an extension to the man macros
which might be useful on all platforms (see below); we hope that they
will be accepted on a broad base.


    Werner


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.\" an-ext.tmac
.\"
.\" Written by Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
.\"            Werner Lemberg <wl at gnu.org>
.\"
.\" Version 2007-Feb-02
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file.
.\"
.\"
.\" The code below provides extension macros for the `man' macro package.
.\" Care has been taken to make the code portable; groff extensions are
.\" properly hidden so that all troff implementations can use it without
.\" changes.
.\"
.\" With groff, this file is sourced by the `man' macro package itself.
.\" Man page authors who are concerned about portability might add the
.\" used macros directly to the prologue of the man page(s).
.
.
.\" Convention: Auxiliary macros and registers start with `m' followed
.\"             by an uppercase letter or digit.
.
.
.\" Protect against being sourced twice.
.nr mX +1
.if \n(mX>1 \
.  nx
.
.\" Check whether we are using grohtml.
.nr mH 0
.if \n(.g \
.  if '\*(.T'html' \
.    nr mH 1
.
.
.\" Map mono-width fonts to standard fonts for groff's TTY device.
.if n \{\
.  do ftr CR R
.  do ftr CI I
.  do ftr CB B
.\}
.
.\" groff has glyph entities for angle brackets.
.ie \n(.g \{\
.  ds la \(la\"
.  ds ra \(ra\"
.\}
.el \{\
.  ds la <\"
.  ds ra >\"
.  \" groff's man macros control hyphenation with this register.
.  nr HY 1
.\}
.
.nr mS 0
.
.
.\" Declare start of command synopsis.  Sets up hanging indentation.
.de SY
.  ie !\\n(mS \{\
.    nh
.    nr mS 1
.    nr mA \\n(.j
.    ad l
.    nr mI \\n(.i
.  \}
.  el \{\
.    br
.    ns
.  \}
.
.  HP \w'\fB\\$1\fP\ 'u
.  B "\\$1"
..
.
.
.\" End of command synopsis.  Restores adjustment.
.de YS
.  in \\n(mIu
.  ad \\n(mA
.  hy \\n(HY
.  nr mS 0
..
.
.
.\" Declare optional option.
.de OP
.  ie \\n(.$-1 \
.    RI "[\fB\\$1\fP" "\ \\$2" "]"
.  el \
.    RB "[" "\\$1" "]"
..
.
.
.\" Start URL.
.de UR
.  ds m1 \\$1\"
.  nh
.  if \\n(mH \{\
.    \" Start diversion in a new environment.
.    do ev URL-div
.    do di URL-div
.  \}
..
.
.
.\" End URL.
.de UE
.  ie \\n(mH \{\
.    br
.    di
.    ev
.
.    \" Has there been one or more input lines for the link text?
.    ie \\n(dn \{\
.      do HTML-NS "<a href=""\\*(m1"">"
.      \" Yes, strip off final newline of diversion and emit it.
.      do chop URL-div
.      do URL-div
\c
.      do HTML-NS </a>
.    \}
.    el \
.      do HTML-NS "<a href=""\\*(m1"">\\*(m1</a>"
\&\\$*\"
.  \}
.  el \
\\*(la\\*(m1\\*(ra\\$*\"
.
.  hy \\n(HY
..
.
.
.\" Start email address.
.de MT
.  ds m1 \\$1\"
.  nh
.  if \\n(mH \{\
.    \" Start diversion in a new environment.
.    do ev URL-div
.    do di URL-div
.  \}
..
.
.
.\" End email address.
.de ME
.  ie \\n(mH \{\
.    br
.    di
.    ev
.
.    \" Has there been one or more input lines for the link text?
.    ie \\n(dn \{\
.      do HTML-NS "<a href=""mailto:\\*(m1"">"
.      \" Yes, strip off final newline of diversion and emit it.
.      do chop URL-div
.      do URL-div
\c
.      do HTML-NS </a>
.    \}
.    el \
.      do HTML-NS "<a href=""mailto:\\*(m1"">\\*(m1</a>"
\&\\$*\"
.  \}
.  el \
\\*(la\\*(m1\\*(ra\\$*\"
.
.  hy \\n(HY
..
.
.
.\" Continuation line for .TP header.
.de TQ
.  br
.  ns
.  TP \\$1\" no doublequotes around argument!
..
.
.
.\" Start example.
.de EX
.  nr mE \\n(.f
.  nf
.  nh
.  ft CW
..
.
.
.\" End example.
.de EE
.  ft \\n(mE
.  fi
.  hy \\n(HY
..
.
.
.\" Start display.
.de DS
.  \" XXX to be written
..
.
.
.\" End display.
.de DE
.  \" XXX to be written
..
.
.\" EOF


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