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Re: [Groff] PO Initialisation in 'ms' Macros Still Broken
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Robert Goulding |
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Re: [Groff] PO Initialisation in 'ms' Macros Still Broken |
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Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:14:04 -0500 |
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Quoting Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>:
>
> > This is great, but the patch (at least as it was applied in the CVS)
> > has an error: line 53 of the patched s.tmac reads:
> >
> > .if !rPO .nr PO \\n(.o
> >
> > when it should read:
> >
> > .if !r PO .nr PO \\n(.o
> >
> > (i.e., a space after the conditional operator).
>
> From groff.info (Operators in Conditionals):
>
> It is possible to omit the whitespace before the argument to the
> `r', `d', and `c' operators.
>
> So both forms are valid.
>
>
> Werner
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You're quite right - but it wasn't working on my computer at work until I copied
the definition with whitespace into the document. Hmm - I guess there could be
a path problem and it's actually picking up the old s.tmac. It works fine on
my computer at home, exactly as advertised. Sorry about that
Robert.
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Robert Goulding
Program of Liberal Studies
University of Notre Dame