Re: [Groff] Re: Resource forks in OSX

[Werner LEMBERG]

> This works:
> 
> .\" groff -ms test1.ms
> .\" .fspecial TR TIPA \" not really needed in this case.
> .PP
> This is a test.
> .\" This works fine without .fspecial nor .special
> .ft TIPA
> \N'152'
> .fP

This must be `.ft P' or `.ft'.

> .\" Yet this doesn't, hmmm... I think it should.
> .\" At lest groff(7) says it should!
> This is another test. \f[TIPA]\N'152'\fP

For me it works.

> Still smelling a bug somewhere... The groff(7) says in the .ft entry
> that ".ft font is equivalent to \f[font]", yet, below in the \f
> entry, it says the syntax is \f[fam].

???  In groff(7), the description of \f uses \f[font] (but \F[fam]).

> Do I need to use
> 
> .fp 10 TIPA
> 
> somewhere in the preamble in order to use "\f[TIPA]\N'xxx'\fP?

No.  Can you please double-check your example?  Otherwise, send me
your font file for testing.


    Werner