Re: [Groff] groff ms-windows

[Johann Höchtl]

Exactly that caused my head-ache! After remounting in text-mode 
everything is fine!
Thanks for your support!

Kees Zeelenberg wrote:

> If you install by using the Cygwin setup-program, you can choose the file type 
> of text files:
> unix or dos (cr-lf). If you choose dos, all works well in my experience.
> You might also consider the native windows build that does not require cygwin:
> ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/mingw32/porters/Zeelenberg_Kees/
>
> Kees Zeelenberg
>
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: "Freudenberger Joerg" <address@hidden>
> Aan: "'Johann Höchtl'" <address@hidden>
> CC: "'groff Mailinglist'" <address@hidden>
> Verzonden: woensdag 28 maart 2001 10:15
> Onderwerp: RE: [Groff] groff ms-windows
>
>
> > Hello Johann
> >
> > May I ask you to unpack the tar-ball with the cygwin command
> > tar xvfz <tar-ball>
> > I think you unpacked it using WinZip.
> > (Yes, I was hit by this often in former times)
> >   And the cygwin software is mostly compiled for unix files.
> >
> > Yours
> > Jörg
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Johann Höchtl [mailto:address@hidden
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 9:56 PM
> > > To: address@hidden
> > > Subject: Re: [Groff] groff ms-windows
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I downloaded groff 1.16.1 to replace the out-dated groff 1.11
> > > installed
> > > by cygwin's setup.exe. Unfortunately i get now a lot of
> > > 'illegal input
> > > chartacter 13 in <file>.
> > >
> > > I understand, that this is because of Windows (Dos) cr-lf
> > > handling of
> > > text-files, but the waring i get affects files of the tmac.m
> > > macro. Is
> > > there a work-around for this problem besides of converting
> > > the tmac-text
> > > (macro) files to unix cenvention?
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > Johann
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