Re: [Groff] .mso for groff_hdtbl(7)

[Joachim Walsdorff]

Am 05.02.2013 09:13, schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
> > > In my man-page is everything ok, as soon as I use the .mso line,
> > > even groffer in tty mode.
> > >
> > > Using `groff -man -mhdtbl ...' leads to errors, even without any
> > > output.  2 `-m' parameters seem to be illegal.
>
> Well, in this very case Bernd is right: You *must* write
>
>    .TH
>    .mso hdtbl.tmac
>
> since `-man -mhdtbl' doesn't work, causing a loop.  Given that .TH is
> used only once at the very beginning of the document, the re-use of
> .TH as a hdtbl macro works just fine.
>
> On the other hand, this only gets important if someone is going to add
> proper TTY support to hdtbl.  IMHO, man pages which don't deliver good
> TTY results are useless in most cases.
>
> > If, for instance, you were to write
> >
> >    groff -tpe -mm -ms -me -Tps
> >
> > then the Universe would fall apart!
>
> As does
>
>    groff -man -hdtbl
>
> :-)
>
>
>      Werner
`groff -mhdtbl -man ...´ works for both man and hdtbl with the only 
restriction, that hdtbl's .TH is overwritten by man, which doesn't 
matter hdtbl because .TH is more optional and one can do the same with 
.TD. -- But why using man and hdtbl together?

Joachim

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