jdw1@whuts.UUCP (WILLIAMS) (01/08/88)
Has anyone written a shell script that utilizes the mm and man macros in the same document? I am having some trouble getting the two packages to run in the same document, and would appreciate hearing from anyone who has encountered this problem and found a solution. I have experimented with several different scripts and am convinced that the combination of the two packages is possible, but I seem to continue doing something wrong. Thanks in advance. John Williams ..!whuts!jdw1
gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (01/08/88)
In article <3532@whuts.UUCP> jdw1@whuts.UUCP (WILLIAMS) writes: >Has anyone written a shell script that utilizes the mm and man >macros in the same document? Some, maybe most, implementations of troff simply do not support two -m options at the same time. However, since the -m option is just an abbreviation for a file name, you can explicitly name the file(s) instead. Usually, for example, -mm corresponds to /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.m Be aware that macro packages keep state information in various troff number registers, and assume certain conventions, so two concurrent macro packages could easily step on each other's toes. I don't know if this is true of -mm and -man.
wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul) (01/08/88)
In article <3532@whuts.UUCP> jdw1@whuts.UUCP (WILLIAMS) writes: > >Has anyone written a shell script that utilizes the mm and man >macros in the same document? I am having some trouble getting >the two packages to run in the same document, and would appreciate >hearing from anyone who has encountered this problem and found >a solution. > >I have experimented with several different scripts and am convinced >that the combination of the two packages is possible, but I seem >to continue doing something wrong. I would be extremely interested in the general manner in which you think that can be done. From my experience with troff and macro packages it would be nearly impossible to use them together; the only alternative I can think of would be a sed or awk script which would convert requests unique to one macro package into equivalent requests for the other macro package. What is the purpose or application for this effort, by the way? Wolf Paul ihnp4!killer!wnp
pls@sortac.UUCP (Pat Sullivan) (01/11/88)
In article <2721@killer.UUCP> wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul) writes: >In article <3532@whuts.UUCP> jdw1@whuts.UUCP (WILLIAMS) writes: >>Has anyone written a shell script that utilizes the mm and man >>macros in the same document? ... I replied to this in att.unix, then saw the same request and several replies but no answerts here ... I'm reposting my followup below in case anyone who's interested missed the reply there. >What is the purpose or application for this effort, by the way? We use it mainly for things like lists on manual pages. This reply addresses straight DWB2.0; if you're using something different, your solution will probably be similar, but not exactly the same. The real problem is that ``man'' and ``mm'' use the same internal macro and register names for different things. The source files for the macros are under /usr/src/cmd/text/macros.d: an.src is for man, mmt.src is for mm with troff, and mmn.src is for mm with nroff. We edited an.src to use only names that were not used by mmn.src or mmt.src for its internal stuff. The following substitutions worked for us: CHANGE TO ------ -- )E )e )I )H )L )c )M )d )R )P )p )g )s )i )t )j :U :K :m :O }f }s We occasionally have problems when we do *NOT* use the ``-rs1'' argument for reduced size pages; I can't recall a failure that was not due to bad input when ``-rs1'' *WAS* specified. Typical command line: troff -Tlj -man -mm -rs1 | dlj | lp =================================================================== Pat Sullivan - {gatech|akgua|ihnp4}!sortac!pls - voice 404-257-7382