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Re: [Groff] how to include references?
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] how to include references? |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:25:06 +0100 |
Hi Ulf,
> i have a file "biblio.ref" as the database with entries like
> %A humpty dumpty
> ...
$ cat biblio.ref
%A Eric P. Allman
%T Writing Papers with NROFF using -me
%I University of California Berkeley
%D 1986
%P 19
%A Eric P. Allman
%T -me Reference Manual
%I University of California Berkeley
%D 1986
%P 16
> in my text file "text.ms" in the same directory i have
> .
> .R1
> database biblio.ref
> .R2
>
> ...
>
> .[
> [ ] humpty dumpty
> .]
$ cat text.ms
.R1
database biblio.ref
.R2
Use me's manual
.[
[ ] -me Reference Manual
.]
as a test.
> but then
>
> groff -R -ms text.ms > text.ps
>
> generates an error message
> "missing .R2 line"
> "unknown command .R2"
> and than all the following commands aren't recognized any more.
$ groff -Tascii -R -ms text.ms |cat -s
Use me's manual1 as a test.
-----------
1 Eric P. Allman, -me Reference Manual, p. 16,
University of California Berkeley (1986).
> what am i doing wrong, and how is this done properly?
Sorry, I don't know what you're doing wrong. I guess a couple of small
test files from you that show the problem would let us see if we can
re-create it. Alternatively, try my ones above.
What version are you using?
$ groff -v -Tascii -R -ms text.ms
GNU groff version 1.17.2
called subprograms:
GNU refer (groff) version 1.17.2
GNU grotty (groff) version 1.17.2
GNU troff (groff) version 1.17.2
Cheers,
Ralph.