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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Groff won't do PostScript! Sob!
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 07:02:22 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca (CHRISTIAN D. ARMOUR) writes:
-
-
- >Oh dear...
-
- >Just on the eve I have to hand in a major project, I discover
- >to my epic chagrin that the groff I have can't make PostScript
- >files. I'm trying to view/print the man page I just wrote to
- >accompany the software I wrote beforehand. Here's my command
- >line:
-
- >$ groff -Tps -man lc.1 > lc.ps
-
- >Here's what it says:
-
- >gtroff: can't open `DESC'
- >gtroff: fatal error: sorry, I can't continue
-
- >So I look in /usr/lib/groff/font for DESCs and all I see are:
-
- >./ ../ devascii/ devdvi/ devlatin1/
-
- >...each one of which has a DESC subdir...
-
- >This is very unfortunate. Can anyone assist in finding the
- >/devps/DESC's?
-
- Whomever compiled the version of groff you are using decided not to
- use postscript for some reason. I also noticed the X device drivers
- weren't there either.
-
- Your best bet is to get the groff source down from you favorite GNU ftp
- site and compile it. Compiles with no problems here, and that way you
- can decide on the devices included and the default output.
-
- James
-