Re: [Groff] Several file arguments to groff

[Kees Zeelenberg]

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Verzonden: maandag 21 oktober 2002 21:33
Onderwerp: Re: [Groff] Several file arguments to groff


> > > The only useful exception I can see is to support man and mdoc at
> > > the same time; it should not be too hard to implement this but I
> > > currently don't feel like doing this.  As usual, volunteers
> > > welcome.
> >
> > This is already provided by the mandoc macros: it selects man or
> > mdoc depending on the kind of macros it finds in the document.
>
> Maybe a misunderstanding: mandoc works only for a *single* document;
> you still can't say e.g.
>
>
>    groff -mandoc groff_mdoc.man groff_man.man

Mandoc works by redefining the first macro to be encountered in a man document
and in an mdoc document. So at least in principle, this could work also for a
series of files. But in practice, with a series of more than one file, groff
exits on the mdoc document in the series with the message: Input stack limit
exceeded. Perhaps this can be fixed by an appropriate change to mandoc.

Kees Zeelenberg