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Re: [Groff] What does the "-u" in ".tmac-u" mean?
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Groff] What does the "-u" in ".tmac-u" mean? |
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Thu, 02 Nov 2017 08:09:48 +0100 (CET) |
> Does anyone know the reason for the following convention?
>
> $ find -name "*.tmac-*"
> ./contrib/hdtbl/hdmisc.tmac-u
> ./contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac-u
> ./contrib/mom/om.tmac-u
> ./tmac/e.tmac-u
> ./tmac/doc.tmac-u
> ./tmac/doc-old.tmac-u
If my memory serves me well, the `u' stands for `uncompressed', i.e.,
without comments and indentation removed. Bertrand removed the
functionality to install stripped tmac files, IIRC — computers are
much faster today, so this is (probably?) no longer needed.
Werner
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- Re: [Groff] What does the "-u" in ".tmac-u" mean?, G. Branden Robinson, 2017/11/04
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