Re: [Groff] .rd request

[Pierre-Jean]

Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:

>
> Hi Pierre-Jean,
>
> > Could someone give me another short example or some explanations?
>
>     $ cat main.tr
>     A.
>     .rd ignored foo bar
>     B.
>     .rd
>     C.
>     .m
>     D.
>     $ cat data
>     We have `\$1' and `\$2'.
>     And another line, followed by a blank line...
>
>     ...before the next lot of input.
>     .de m
>     A macro.
>     ..
>     $ nroff main.tr <data | cat -s
>     A.   We  have  ‘foo’  and ‘bar’.  And another line, followed by a
>     blank line...  B.  C.  A macro.  D.
>
>     $ 
>
> Cheers,
> Ralph.
>

Thanks a lot for this example, Ralph.

But I can't reproduce it:
  $ nroff main.tr <data | cat -s
  A.  B.  C.  D.

  $

Something is probably misconfigured in my groff
installation, but I can't find what...

Does someone has an idea about the problem?

Pierre-Jean

PS: I am using groff 1.20.1 from archlinux repositories.