$REFER doc patch (was Re: [Groff] confused by soelim)

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Wed Jan 15 14:31:07 2003, address@hidden wrote:
...
> 
> Anyway, I agree that this is a missing feature.  The best solution
> IMHO is to add an environment variable to `refer', say, `REFER_PATH',
> together with a command line variable, say, `-I' or `-m', which
> defines a search path for files included with the `include' and
> `database' commands of `refer'.

Speaking of which, I've noticed that refer(1) doesn't mention
$REFER.  Here's a patch for that (sorry if the patch format is
non-standard).

/Jörgen

Index: src/preproc/refer/refer.man
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--- 1289,1298 ----
  .TP
  .IB file @INDEX_SUFFIX@
  Index files.
+ .SH ENVIRONMENT
+ .Tp \w'\fBREFER'u+2n
+ .B REFER
+ If set, overrides the default database.
  .SH "SEE ALSO"
  .BR @address@hidden (@MAN1EXT@),
  .BR @address@hidden (@MAN1EXT@),



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