Re: [Groff] Re: new groff release

[Werner LEMBERG]

> My problems with updating are documented in
> http://bugs.debian.org/196762. I'd love to update, but the conflicts
> in grops were hideous and I never managed to figure out a working
> resolution ...

Well, I'm rejecting the Japanese extension because it is -- a Japanese
extension.  I know too much of CJK language support to be able to
accept it.  It can't be extended to be a general solution for other
encodings like Big 5 or Unicode.

> I could even just drop that new version of groffer into the Debian
> package; no problem with that.

Personally, I would favor that instead of releasing 1.18.2.  Bernd?

> > PPS: Don't ask when a Unicode groff can be expected :-( Volunteers
> >      are highly welcome to extend groff from 8bit to 32bit input
> >      characters.
> 
> Do you have any idea of where to start, or whether it can be done
> piecewise?

I *want* to do it piecewise!  It's not very complicated (at least at
the beginning): Widen the internal input character support to 32bit.
Maybe it is best to start (in a separate branch) what Bernd has
suggested a longer time ago: Create a new type for `input character
codes'.


    Werner