Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Dave Newsgroups: gnu.groff.bug Subject: [bug #57510] not all TTY output controls simultaneously available (nroff needs -P) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 01:15:22 -0500 (EST) Lines: 24 Approved: bug-groff@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20191231-093235.sv93119.85541@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-054007.sv108747.1063@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-073954.sv108747.35727@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-020628.sv93119.30271@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-083846.sv108747.94393@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-123422.sv97361.93366@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-025123.sv93188.89477@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-025542.sv93188.50969@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-063436.sv108747.38352@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-123554.sv97361.91724@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-133839.sv108747.5430@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-140018.sv97361.80506@savannah.gnu.org> <20200120-182240.sv108747.2731@savannah.gnu.org> <20200120-182838.sv108747.56920@savannah.gnu.org> <20200208-141724.sv93119.61862@savannah.gnu.org> <20200208-231509.sv108747.22420@savannah.gnu.org> <20200208-232306.sv108747.27828@savannah.gnu.org> <20200208-232836.sv108747.8311@savannah.gnu.org> <20200210-001522.sv93119.10332@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 1581315327 6005 209.51.188.17 (10 Feb 2020 06:15:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: "G. Branden Robinson" , Dave , Bjarni Ingi Gislason , Ingo Schwarze , bug-groff@gnu.org Envelope-to: bug-groff@gnu.org X-PHP-Originating-Script: 1001:sendmail.php X-Savane-Server: savannah.gnu.org:443 [2001:470:142::72] X-Savane-Project: groff X-Savane-Tracker: bugs X-Savane-Item-ID: 57510 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 X-Apparently-From: 2605:a601:aac3:e300:55b7:e0e9:96ca:b482 (Savane authenticated user barx) In-Reply-To: <20200208-232836.sv108747.8311@savannah.gnu.org> 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: <20200210-001522.sv93119.10332@savannah.gnu.org> X-Mailman-Original-References: <20191231-093235.sv93119.85541@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-054007.sv108747.1063@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-073954.sv108747.35727@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-020628.sv93119.30271@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-083846.sv108747.94393@savannah.gnu.org> <20200118-123422.sv97361.93366@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-025123.sv93188.89477@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-025542.sv93188.50969@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-063436.sv108747.38352@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-123554.sv97361.91724@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-133839.sv108747.5430@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-140018.sv97361.80506@savannah.gnu.org> <20200120-182240.sv108747.2731@savannah.gnu.org> <20200120-182838.sv108747.56920@savannah.gnu.org> <20200208-141724.sv93119.61862@savannah.gnu.org> <20200208-231509.sv108747.22420@savannah.gnu.org> <20200208-232306.sv108747.27828@savannah.gnu.org> <20200208-232836.sv108747.8311@savannah.gnu.org> Xref: csiph.com gnu.groff.bug:1738 Follow-up Comment #18, bug #57510 (project groff): New patch looks good to me. Just two nitpicks about the nroff.1.man changes: * Is "-P post-proc-option" the best way to say that? nroff's postprocessor will always be grotty, right? Maybe "-P grotty-option" reinforces this more? * I'd prefer to see the page explicitly state that -h and -c are respective aliases for -P-h and -P-c. By leaving this unstated, a user unfamiliar with the history of how we got here might reasonably (and erroneously) infer that because these two options are treated specially, there must be something different about these two different ways to specify them. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/