From: luecking AT comp DOT uark DOT edu (Daniel Luecking)
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Subject: Re: Little problem with djgpp port of groff
Date: 24 Jul 1998 19:42:10 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:


>On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Olivier Perron wrote:

>> When processing a particular troff file, groff reports following warning:
>> /usr/share/groff/tmac/tmac.an:326: can't find macro file `man.local'

>That's my fault, sorry: the Groff distribution gro110b.zip has the name 
>of that file truncated to DOS 8+3 limits, so Groff barfs on Windows 9X.

Are you sure it's your fault? The distribution I have comes complete
with man.local in the described location. And groff never complained of
missing it.  Perhaps an unzipper truncated the filename?

>To solve the problem, find the file %DJDIR%/share/groff/tmac/man.loc and 
>rename it to man.local.  After that, Groff should be happy.

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