Re: [Groff] Groff Digest, Vol 86, Issue 13

[Kevin Jolly]

Paul --

Just an FYI - I've added the checkbox for "Not Applicable" to the checklist 
form - but it will be non-functional until I get some programming and data work 
done on the back end - I'll update you when it's functional. 

Kevin


On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:01 AM, address@hidden wrote:

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>   1. Re: tbl footnotes and graph position (James K. Lowden)
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> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:31:38 -0500
> From: "James K. Lowden" <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: [Groff] tbl footnotes and graph position
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> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:13:01 -0500
> "James K. Lowden" <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>> A quick fix for this would be to simply ignore the footnotes
>>> when not in the top-level diversion, like so:
>>> 
>>>  T{
>>>  Annualized Return*
>>>  .if !'\n(.z'' .ig
>>>  .FS
>>>  * (footnote text)
>>>  .FE
>>>  ..
>>>  T}
> 
> After spending time with the .if statement, I now understand my "fix"
> to your correct syntax changed the meaning.  May I try again?
> 
> My footnoted table row now looks like this, just as you indicated:
> 
> T{
> Annualized Return\*[*]
> .if !'\n(.z'' .ig
> .tm \n(.z
> .FS
> Compounded Annualized Return 
> .FE
> T}    abc
> 
> but whenever the conditional expression is true, I get errors:
> 
> $ make
> groff -ms -t -G -p -T dvi -P-l t.ms > t.dvi
> <standard input>:9: zero field width
> <standard input>:9: warning: can't find character with input code 3
> <standard input>:9: zero field width
> <standard input>:19: zero field width
> <standard input>:19: zero field width
> <standard input>:26: zero field width
> <standard input>:26: zero field width
> :0: macro error: diversion open while ejecting page (recovering)
> 
> I get the same errors with 
> 
>       .if o .ig
> and
>       .if !e .ig
> 
> and with
> 
>       .if !'\n(.z'' foo
> 
> "foo" appears in the output.  
> 
> The condition is evaluating correctly, but .ig appears to make 
> the ms .FS macro unhappy.  
> 
> Is there an option in groff similar to the C preprocessor to apply the
> macros and output the resulting troff?  If we could see the interaction
> of the .ig with .FS, perhaps the "zero field width" message would be
> more meaningful.  
> 
> --jkl
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:58:12 +0100 (CET)
> From: Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
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> Subject: Re: [Groff] tbl footnotes and graph position
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> 
>> T{
>> Annualized Return\*[*]
>> .if !'\n(.z'' .ig
>> .tm \n(.z
>> .FS
>> Compounded Annualized Return 
>> .FE
> 
> Here `..' (two dots) is missing.
> 
>> T}   abc
>> 
>> but whenever the conditional expression is true, I get errors: [...]
> 
> Do you get the same errors with `..' inserted also?
> 
> Minimal example, please.
> 
>> Is there an option in groff similar to the C preprocessor to apply the
>> macros and output the resulting troff?
> 
> No.  However, you can try `-mtrace', see the groff_trace man page.
> 
> 
>    Werner
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