[Groff] Re: Problem with grohtml on Win32

[Keith MARSHALL]

>> 4) Provide a '--with-gs=...' option in configure, to allow the user
>>    to override the automatic ghostscript detection -- this would
>>    provide a 'catch all' for situations where the automatic detection
>>    doesn't work reliably, with a standardised autoconf user interface,
>>    rather than requiring the user to modify the Makefile *after* it
>>    is generated (every time).
>>
>> IMHO, we should aim for a combination of options 3 and 4 -- perhaps
>> 2 and 4, if 3 proves too difficult to implement.
>
> Attached is a patch, to implement option 4 only.  Note that, I also had
> to replace one occurrence of AS_HELP_STRING with AC_HELP_STRING, to get
> my installation of autoconf(2.56) to successfully regenerate configure.

Oops!  That patch introduces a minor problem -- the embedded 'dnl' line
preceding the AC_HELP_STRING messes up the 'configure --help' formatting.

Here is a better version.

Best regards,
Keith.

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