bink@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ubben Greg) (07/07/89)
Two DiTroff (System V.2 DWB) questions I'm stumped on...
1. Please explain why .bp must be written as .br \&\c `bp in the end macro.
O'Reilly and whoever (apologies) avoids this, and TFM doesn't explain
it sufficiently. I want my end macro to produce several pages at the
end of the document, and use the same trapped footer macro that is
used in the rest of the document. Does the footer macro HAVE to use
the 2nd form then just so it will work in the end macro?
2. I created my own description files, and they work when I use ".ft K",
but if I try to access my fonts by font position (".ft 1") I get a
"Cannot open /usr/lib/font/devx27/1.out" error. Using .fp doesn't
help. Other devices work ok with the same troff input and their
description file sources don't look much different (and they don't
contain any 1.out files either). Why?
Any help would be appreciated (E-mail).
-- Greg Ubben
bink@aplcen.apl.jhu.edujeff@ism780c.isc.com (Jeff Copeland) (07/08/89)
In article <1867@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> bink@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ubben Greg) writes: >Two DiTroff (System V.2 DWB) questions I'm stumped on... > >1. Please explain why .bp must be written as .br \&\c `bp in the end macro. Roughly, the last page needs text on it, because after the input text has ended, troff won't create a page. This used to be explained in Kernighan's "A Troff Tutorial", or the appendices to the "Nroff/troff User's Manual" in the old (pre-DWB 2.0) troff documentation. >2. I created my own description files, and they work when I use ".ft K", > but if I try to access my fonts by font position (".ft 1") I get a > "Cannot open /usr/lib/font/devx27/1.out" error. Using .fp doesn't Fonts by number aren't recognized if no special font exists.