Re: [Groff] Bad table images with groff -t -man -Thtml xxx.1

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > > 2) The table image is completely wrong.  It looks like a
> > >    clipping of what on the manual page from about 1" lower.
> > 
> > This should work with the current snapshot.  Please get it from
> > 
> >    ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
> 
> 
> No, the current version does not work any better.

What exactly doesn't work better?

>From -Tlatin1 I get


              0   Force black background
              1   Force white background
              2   Use users 'dark-colored' xterm background
              3   Use users 'light-colored' xterm background


and from -Thtml I get the image attached, which is for me a perfect
translation (I've used -P-i150 to get a higher resolution).

> The only visibile difference that I could detect between the current
> version and the 1.17.2 version is that the current version overrides
> the background color of the users web browser to be pure white.
> That seems quite anti-social, but a topic for a different thread.

It isn't anti-social, it is the correct translation IMHO -- black ink
on white paper.  Nevertheless, I agree that it would be better to
have a command line option to grohtml to desactivate it.  Gaius?


    Werner