[Groff] Re: groff + pdf

[Werner LEMBERG]

> does a converter exist from groff output to pdf (eg, gropdf)?

No.  IIRC, you can directly embed PDF control commands into the
created PS file (using grops) before using Adobe distiller or
GhostScript to convert to PDF.

Another route is troff -> grodvi -> dvipdfm, using the \X'...'
construct in the troff source file to embed \special commands for
manipulation of the PDF file (e.g., selecting colors, hyperlinks,
etc.):

You can get the latest version of dvipdfm from

  http://odo.kettering.edu/dvipdfm

A recent web2c distribution (e.g. teTeX) is needed also.


Here an example file `foo':


.de red
\X'pdf:bc [0.8 0.5 0]'\c
\&\\$1\c
\X'pdf:ec'\c
\&\\$2
..
.
This is a
.red test .


Say

  groff -Tdvi foo > foo.dvi
  dvipdfm foo

toget foo.pdf


     Werner