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Re: [Groff] search order of tmac directories
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Mike Bianchi |
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Re: [Groff] search order of tmac directories |
Date: |
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:41:39 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) |
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 08:55:52AM +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Folks,
>
> the search order for tmac files (as documented in troff.man) is
>
> 1. directories given with the -M command line option
> 2. directories given in the GROFF_TMAC_PATH environment variable
> 3. the current directory (only if in unsafe mode)
> 4. the home directory
> 5. a site-dependent directory, e.g. /usr/local/lib/groff/site-tmac
> 6. a local directory, e.g. /usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac
> 7. the standard directory, e.g. /usr/local/share/groff/1.19.3/tmac
>
> I think there is a logical error, and 5 should be exchanged with 6 to
> have an order with the decreasing priority.
>
> If noone objects, I'll reverse it accordingly.
I'm guessing that the logic is that 6 and 7 are both rooted in
/usr/local/share and 5 is not. To me that seems logical.
Are there a definitions for
site-dependent directory
local directory
?
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