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Re: DESC 'paperfile' keyword is not documented
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: DESC 'paperfile' keyword is not documented |
Date: |
Sat, 08 Dec 2001 08:32:44 +0100 (CET) |
From: Jim Avera <address@hidden>
Subject: DESC 'paperfile' keyword is not documented
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 21:03:38 -0800
> GROFF VERSION: 1.17.2
> MACHINE: x86
> OS: SuSE Linux 7.3
>
> COMMAND LINE:
> echo "foo" | troff -Tps > /tmp/xx
> grops /tmp/xx >/dev/null
>
> DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
> DESC 'paperfile' keyword is undocumented.
>
> On my system, the following error occurs:
> grops:/tmp/xx:1: can't open `/etc/papersize'
>
> The file /etc/papersize indeed does not exist (in SuSE 7.3),
> but this file is not documented anywhere I can find.
> I searched all the g* man pages and the groff info files.
>
> SUGGESTED FIX:
>
> Document the 'paperfile' DESC feature in the info files.
>
> (SuSE also needs to fix their distribution to set up /etc/papersize, but
> the lack of documentation in groff makes it hard for a normal user to
> recover from this packaging bug).
SuSE isn't using the plain version of groff, which doesn't have
support for /etc/paperfile. So it is up to SuSE to document that
extension.
Mike, please forward this bug report to the right person.
Werner