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Article #9/undefined from -Tps output
From: Paul H. Hargrove
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 17:24
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 17:24
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In the version of groff I have when I format a manual page with groff -Tps -man file.1 >file.ps the output file will have a line that starts something like: grops begin/DEFS blah blah blah.. which comes right after the contents of /usr/lib/groff/fonts/devps/prologue. When ghostscript reads the file I get a /undefined error when it hits 'grops', since nowhere has it be defined. My current work around is to add the following line to the end of the prologue file: /grops 1 dict def %ghostscript expands full dictionaries automagically But this certainly should have been there, or somewhere else all ready. I don't know what version of groff or grops I have, but I know they came from different archives. (the contents of prologue came with grops) I know that I should get the newest version of the groff distribution from prep, but I don't really want to grab the entire mess at 2400 baud if my fix is sufficent/correct, but I'am afraid there may be other problems if I don't. Is there something I'm missing from my installation? Is this a know bug that I've correctly fixed? Or, am I just an idiot for not getting groff and grops from the same distribution, and just reallizing that phone bills are part of the cost of free software. -------- Paul H. Hargrove, speaking for myself.
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Newsgroups: gnu.groff.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!ramirez.mitre.org!hargrove From: hargrove@ramirez.mitre.org (Paul H. Hargrove) Subject: /undefined from -Tps output Message-ID: <1992Jul20.172411.20445@linus.mitre.org> Keywords: grops /undefined Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA Distribution: gnu Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 17:24:11 GMT Approved: bug-groff@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 25