" Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:38:08 -0500 (EST) Lines: 77 Approved: bug-groff@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20200219-223807.sv93188.82132@savannah.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1582151893 18078 209.51.188.17 (19 Feb 2020 22:38:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: Bjarni Ingi Gislason , bug-groff@gnu.org Envelope-to: bug-groff@gnu.org X-PHP-Originating-Script: 1001:sendmail.php X-Savane-Server: savannah.gnu.org:443 [209.51.188.72] X-Savane-Project: groff X-Savane-Tracker: bugs X-Savane-Item-ID: 57863 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 X-Apparently-From: 31.209.211.187 (Savane authenticated user bjarniig) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.72 X-BeenThere: bug-groff@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for the GNU version of nroff, troff et al" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <20200219-223807.sv93188.82132@savannah.gnu.org> Xref: csiph.com gnu.groff.bug:1761 URL: Summary: [PATCH] INSTALL.extra: Change '.n' to a ".

" Project: GNU troff Submitted by: bjarniig Submitted on: Wed 19 Feb 2020 10:38:07 PM UTC Category: None Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Documentation Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Planned Release: None _______________________________________________________ Details: >From b16f440d307493e4d89cb894273f20b0d988064c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 22:31:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL.extra: Change '.n' to a ".

" The suffix '.n' in names of created man pages is an older convention. Changed in commit 9d885c6b342f71594af5d45f37ce65c121641e25 (Thu Aug 27 13:27:25 2015 +0200). Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason --- INSTALL.extra | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.extra b/INSTALL.extra index d7bb2fd0..799647e3 100644 --- a/INSTALL.extra +++ b/INSTALL.extra @@ -124,11 +124,12 @@ page length can be changed with the `pl' request. When you have built groff but not installed yet, you can use the test-groff script to try groff out on one of the man pages. (Use the -.n files not the .man files.) The test-groff script sets up environment -variables to allow groff to run without being installed. For example, -you could do +.n ("n" is the section number) files not the .man files.) +The test-groff script sets up environment variables to allow groff to +run without being installed. +For example, you could do (in the build dirctory) - ./test-groff -man -Tascii src/roff/groff/groff.n | less + ./test-groff -man -Tascii src/roff/groff/groff.1 | less to display the groff(1) man page with the `less' pager. -- 2.25.0 _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/