Re: [groff] Release Candidate 1.22.4.rc3

[Deri]

On Thursday, 29 November 2018 13:52:53 GMT Mike Bianchi wrote:
> Wow!
> Just a quick glance and I learned about  \n[.F] !  Never knew that.
> ((Also never saw a number register with string content.))
>         page 113
>         \n[.F]  This string-valued register returns the current input file
> name.
> 
> What a resource!
> Thank you.
>

The groff_book has been around for several years, I did not write it! Up until 
now you had to have a full latex installation to build the book into a pdf 
format. All I've done is allowed the book to be fully built by groff itself, 
and replaced some placeholder tags which held minimal text with their man page 
text.

So the only thing I did was write a script which attempts to convert the 
sources which were texinfo and man into troff code so that they can be 
combined into one pdf reference.

Cheers 

Deri
 
> 
> Suggestion.
>         You use the word "currently" to mean the "this release", as in:
>                 5.1.7.  Input Encodings
>                 Currently, the following input encodings are available.
> 
>         According to the first page, here "currently" means
>                 Edition 1.22.4
>                 Autumn 2018
> 
>         It would be more helpful if "Currently" was replaced with or
>         had a footnote reference to "Edition 1.22.4".
> 
> That way this could become a living document!  A perpetual current resource!
> 
> --
>  Mike Bianchi