Re: problems in one or more man pages you maintain

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Problems with eqn.1 (geqn.1):
> 1. Unbalanced .RS or .RE macro

???  They *are* balanced!  The patch you give is plain wrong, changing
the indentation incorrectly.  How did you came to the conclusion?

> Problems with gpic.1:
> 1. List syntax error. This means .IP, .TP or .RS/.RE markup is
> garbled.  This confuses doclifter, and may also mess up stricter
> troff interpreters like groffer and TkMan.

Again, the patch is wrong.  A few lines before your change the same

  .RS
  .IP
  ...
  .RE
  .IP

constructs are used to increase indentation and to insert blank lines,
and your script apparently doesn't complain there.

It seems that you expect a certain markup order for .IP, .TP, .LP, and
.RS/.RE.  I don't think that this is true.  As far as I know, the only
valid assumption is that .RS and .RE should be paired.

> This confuses doclifter, and may also mess up stricter troff
> interpreters like groffer and TkMan.

That's interesting.  Are you talking about groff's `groffer' script?
This is just a front-end to groff, without a `stricter troff
interpreter'.


    Werner