Re: [Groff] Groff pipeline plumbing problem

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Rick,

> It looks to me like the "groff" driver in the latest CVS version is
> putting together bogus pipelines.  This is with the latest CVS
> version:
> 
> $ /usr/local/test/bin/groff -P-Ixxx.1 -P-o0 -P-i100 -t -man -Thtml xxx.1
> post-grohtml:<standard input>:1:fatal error: the first command must
>     be `x T'
> 
> It appears to me that post-grohtml is getting exec'ed *twice* by
> "groff", and the second time there is already HTML in its input!!!!!

What does groff's -V option show?  This displays the pipeline instead
of executing it.

    % ./test-groff -V -P-Ixxx.1 -P-o0 -P-i100 -t -man -Thtml xxx.1
    soelim xxx.1 | tbl | pre-grohtml -Ixxx.1 -o0 -i100 troff -man -Thtml |
        post-grohtml -Ixxx.1 -o0 -i100

Cheers,


Ralph.