From: raf AT comdyn DOT com DOT au (raf) Subject: Re: man package: patch _against_ at word breaks 18 Nov 1998 04:46:55 -0800 Message-ID: <199811180224.NAA05620.cygnus.gnu-win32@mali.comdyn.com.au> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Vince wrote: >Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have found a simple solution for this problem. >> You only have to patch the file `/usr/local/lib/man.config': >> >> Change the line >> >> NROFF /usr/local/bin/groff -Tlatin1 -mandoc >> >> into >> >> NROFF /usr/local/bin/nroff -mandoc >> >> and it's done. >Well, it's *almost* that simple . Now that I've had a chance to look at >the groff man pages, if the -T is removed entirely, the default output device >for groff reverts to ps (Postscript). Sure enough, if I remove the -T entry >from the man.config, I get Postscript output. >However, if I simply change the -T from -Tlatin1 to -Tascii within the >man.config, then I get a normal ascii "dash" instead of the . This is >using US keyboard, US NT, etc., so YMMV. did you notice that the 'groff' changed to 'nroff'? i guess any solution will do. raf - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".