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- This is the GNU groff document formatting system. The version number
- is given in the file VERSION.
-
- Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl,
- grn, refer, -man, -mdoc, and -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, TeX
- dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, Canon CAPSL printers, HTML format
- (still alpha), and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified
- version of the Berkeley -me macros, an enhanced version of the X11
- xditview previewer, and an implementation of the -mm macros contributed
- by Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se).
-
- See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. You will require a
- C++ compiler.
-
- The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes to groff.
-
- Groff is free software. See the file COPYING for copying permission.
-
- The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been encountered
- in compiling, installing, and running groff.
-
- For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already familiar
- with the Unix versions of troff, -ms, and the preprocessors.
-
- The most recent released version of groff is always available by
- anonymous ftp from ftp.gnu.org in the directory pub/gnu/groff.
-
- A CVS repository is now available, containing the current development
- version of groff. You can access it with the commands
-
- export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.ffii.org:/var/cvs
- cvs login
- cvs -z9 co groff
-
- (if the prompt for the password appears, just press the enter key).
- After a successful login you no longer need the first two commands; an
- update of a checked out repository should be done with
-
- cvs -z9 update -dP
-
- Please read the info pages of cvs for further details.
-
- Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a
- day) from
-
- ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
-
- or a diff file relative to the latest official groff release as
-
- ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-<version>-current.diff.gz
-
- Assuming that groff-<version>.tar.gz and
- groff-<version>-current.diff.gz are in the same directory, do the
- following to apply the diff file:
-
- tar xzvf groff-<version>.tar.gz
- cd groff-<version>
- gunzip -c ../groff-<version>-current.diff.gz | patch -p1
-
- Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of
- this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix
- the bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure
- that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are
- not sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this will
- enable us to determine whether it really is a bug or not.
-
- Three mailing lists are available:
-
- bug-groff@gnu.org for reporting bugs
- groff@gnu.org for general discussion of groff
- groff-commit@ffii.org a read-only list showing logs of
- commitments to the CVS repository
-
- Note that groff@gnu.org is an alias for groff@ffii.org; you must be
- subscribed to the `groff' list to send mails.
-
- To subscribe, send a mail to <list>-request@<domain> (example:
- groff-request@ffii.org) with the word `subscribe' in either the subject
- or body of the email (don't include the quotes).
-
- GNU groff was written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>. It is now
- maintained by Ted Harding <ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> and Werner
- Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>.
-