Hi Deri, On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 01:12:40PM +0000, Deri wrote: > I'm wondering why you switched from using a more "up to date" groff back to > the 1.23.0 version. I bought a new drive for my computer, and reinstalled the OS. That was when. :) I haven't built groff from source since then yet. > You may remember when I developed the software to generate > the input to groff for the LinuxManBook.pdf, it used a custom an.tmac which > included fixes to make it work properly with the current groff at the time. > Gradually, these were incorporated into the groff git, and as you started > using git compiled groff, you could drop my custom an.tmac. > > The biggest visible issue is that all the overview panel bookmarks are "open" > because the 1.23.0 version of an.tmac does not honour the setting of > an*bookmark-base-level. Also the pdfs produced by the 1.23.0 gropdf are 66% > larger than those produced by the current gropdf. > > Just wondering if you found a problem with the current git version which meant > you had to revert? Nah, just fresh OS install. I will eventually build it again from source. I was hoping that groff might release soonish and I wouldn't have to do it, but I think it will not happen any soon. Have a lovely day! Alex -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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