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bug #58036: [gropdf,grops] want consistent "download" format

Submitter:  Dave <barx>
Submitted:  Tue 24 Mar 2020 09:59:45 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Driver - others/general Severity:  1 - Wish
Item Group:  Feature change Status:  None
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Mon 19 Feb 2024 07:58:44 AM UTC, comment #1: 

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> Ideally all "download" files would use a consistent format; for
> maximum flexibility, it would allow both kinds of white space,
> and both kinds of pathnames.


Bug #65246 shows the problem with spaces as field separators, and its fix brings that aspect of the two file formats into agreement.

Dave <barx>
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Tue 24 Mar 2020 09:59:45 AM UTC, original submission:  

In a post to the groff email list, Tadziu notes some quirks of the "download" files for different devices (typically installed in /usr/share/groff/current/font/dev*/download):


grops (devps) is okay with

Symbol path/to/Symbol.pfa

but gropdf (devpdf) requires tabs as field separators
(see the gropdf manual page):

<tab>Symbol<tab>path/to/Symbol.pfa

where <tab> is an actual tab character.


grops wants .pfa files (which you can create from .pfb files
using pfbtops) and requires _relative_ paths, but for gropdf
[an absolute path] also appears to work


These differences seem capricious and unnecessary, serving only to trip up unwary users.  Ideally all "download" files would use a consistent format; for maximum flexibility, it would allow both kinds of white space, and both kinds of pathnames.

Dave <barx>
Group Member

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2022-01-11 gbranden SummaryFeature request: consistent &quot;download&quot; format [gropdf,grops] want consistent "download" format
    2021-06-04 barx Severity3 - Normal 1 - Wish

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