[bug #64779] [PATCH] [refer.tmac] per-style changes to reference formatting are ignored for certain fields

[anonymous]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64779>

                 Summary: [PATCH] [refer.tmac] per-style changes to reference
formatting are ignored for certain fields
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Mon 16 Oct 2023 08:03:09 AM UTC
                Category: Macro - others/general
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


    _______________________________________________________

Follow-up Comments:


-------------------------------------------------------
Date: Mon 16 Oct 2023 08:03:09 AM UTC By: Anonymous
GROFF VERSION:
$ groff --version
GNU groff version 1.23.0
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU groff comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of groff and its subprograms
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file
named COPYING.

called subprograms:

GNU grops (groff) version 1.23.0
GNU troff (groff) version 1.23.0

PLATFORM:
$ uname -srvmo
Linux 5.15.88-gnu-1-lts #1 SMP Sun, 15 Jan 2023 21:06:50 +0000 x86_64
GNU/Linux

CONFIGURATION REPORT:
$ pacman -Qi groff
Name            : groff
Version         : 1.23.0-5
Description     : GNU troff text-formatting system
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/groff.html
Licenses        : GPL
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : perl  gcc-libs
Optional Deps   : netpbm: for use together with man -H command interaction in
browsers [installed]
                  psutils: for use together with man -H command interaction in
browsers [installed]
                  libxaw: for gxditview [installed]
                  perl-file-homedir: for use with glilypond
Required By     : man-db
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 9.69 MiB
Packager        : Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : 2023-09-13T15:53:56 CEST
Install Date    : 2023-10-14T16:11:40 CEST
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

INPUT FILES:
refer-db
bug.ms

COMMAND LINE:
$ groff -R -ms -Tps bug.ms > bug.ps

DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
As per the .ds line in bug.ms, style 1 references (journal-article)
should be printed with the %V field set in the BI font. Yet they are not.

SUGGESTED FIX:
Add the "d" conditional operator in the ref*add- macro definitions
in refer.tmac.
See refer.tmac.diff






    _______________________________________________________
File Attachments:


-------------------------------------------------------
Date: Mon 16 Oct 2023 08:03:09 AM UTC  Name: bug.ms  Size: 82B   By: None

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=55241>
-------------------------------------------------------
Date: Mon 16 Oct 2023 08:03:09 AM UTC  Name: refer-db  Size: 74B   By: None

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=55242>
-------------------------------------------------------
Date: Mon 16 Oct 2023 08:03:09 AM UTC  Name: refer.tmac.diff  Size: 2KiB   By:
None

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=55243>

    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64779>

_______________________________________________
Message sent via Savannah
https://savannah.gnu.org/