Re: [Groff] Several file arguments to groff

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > Funny how things clump together like this: I was asking about this
> > possibility a couple of weeks ago. What I'd like to see is a way
> > to attach a clump of man pages to the end of a chapter without
> > having to make two separate runs & assembling the output by hand.
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > The hard part would be to preserve global settings like page
> > layouts & so forth across a mass deletion like that.
> 
> Given that you want page numbers, etc., to reflect the encompassing
> document, would it be better to process the man page file
> separately, producing EPS for each `page', and then pull each of
> those pages into the parent document so they fit into the main text
> area?  That way, they'd be clearly `included' rather than tacked on.

man and mdoc should really be able to be mixed.  For all other
formats your suggestion solution is appropriate.

> Agreed absolutely that `groff -ms -mm -me foo.tr' having problems
> should be explained to the user as it might be non-obvious.

I've done that already in groff.texinfo and groff_tmac.man.


    Werner