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* Many fixes for hyphenation helping * Various build tweaks * See the NEWS file for details - New signature -> update keyring file - Remove upstream merged patches: * groff-multi-thread.patch * groff-reproducible-mdate.patch * groff-use-SDE.patch - Remove groff-1.21-groffer-libexecdir.patch as upstream redid the autotools rules and uses configure option now - Rebase patch groff-1.20.1-deunicode.patch - Rebase patch groff-1.21-CVE-2009-5081.patch - Drop patch groff-1.21-CVE-2009-5080.patch as it seems the shell script now properly safeguards against this - Rebase patch 0002-documentation-for-the-locale-keyword.patch - Recreate groff-force-locale-usage.patch for autotools buildsystem - Add patch 0004-don-t-use-usr-bin-env-in-shebang.patch - Remove groff_1.22.3-1.debian.diff and replace it with split debian patches: * bash-scripts.patch * sort-perl-hash-keys.patch - Remove not really needed patch groff-1.20.1-destbufferoverflow.patch OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/M17N/groff?expand=0&rev=68
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From d4f65688290a2362af9a66ecb3ae93beb591fbf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Michal Vyskocil <mvyskocil@suse.cz>
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:19:01 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] documentation for the locale keyword
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---
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doc/groff.texi | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
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man/groff_font.5.man | 8 +++++++-
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2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
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index 7b09e0f..1cff7b4 100644
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--- a/doc/groff.texi
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+++ b/doc/groff.texi
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@@ -16530,7 +16530,7 @@ types @code{A0}-@code{A7}, @code{B0}-@code{B7}, @code{C0}-@code{C7},
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significant for @var{string} if it holds predefined paper types.
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Alternatively, @var{string} can be a file name (e.g.@:
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@file{/etc/papersize}); if the file can be opened, @code{groff} reads
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-the first line and tests for the above paper sizes. Finally,
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+the first line and tests for the above paper sizes. Or,
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@var{string} can be a custom paper size in the format
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@code{@var{length},@var{width}} (no spaces before and after the comma).
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Both @var{length} and @var{width} must have a unit appended; valid
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@@ -16540,6 +16540,32 @@ which starts with a digit is always treated as a custom paper format.
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@code{papersize} sets both the vertical and horizontal dimension of the
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output medium.
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+Finally, @var{string} can be a keyword @code{locale}. In this case groff will
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+determine the default paper size from the country code of @code{LC_PAPER}. For
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+most of combinations (including @code{LC_PAPER=C} or @code{POSIX}) a4 is used.
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+In case of countries listed in Common Language Data Repository 2.0 of Unicode
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+Consorcium - US (@code{US}), Canada (@code{CA}), Belize (@code{BZ}), Chile
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+(@code{CL}), Colombia (@code{CO}), Costa Rica (@code{CR}), El Salvador
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+(@code{SV}), Guatemala (@code{GT}), Panama (@code{PA}), Philippines
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+(@code{PH}), Puerto Rico (@code{PR}), Mexico (@code{MX}), Nicaragua (@code{NI})
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+and the Venezula (@code{VE}) size letter is used. The value of @code{LC_PAPER}
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+is usually derived from @code{LANG} or @code{LC_ALL} and needs to be changed
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+only if your main locale does not match the expected default paper size. Then
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+you need to put the correct LC_PAPER variable into your environment.
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+
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+@example
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+@group
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+# the locale keyword is in devpts
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+shell> grep papersize /usr/share/groff/current/font/devps/DESC
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+papersize locale
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+# default locale is US producing a letter papersize
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+shell> locale | grep LC_PAPER
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+LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
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+# let's use a4 (German default) in this case
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+shell> LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8 groff -Tps ...
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+@end group
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+@end example
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+
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More than one argument can be specified; @code{groff} scans from left to
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right and uses the first valid paper specification.
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diff --git a/man/groff_font.5.man b/man/groff_font.5.man
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index 64bd212..29a7136 100644
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--- a/man/groff_font.5.man
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+++ b/man/groff_font.5.man
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@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ can be a file name (e.g.\& `/etc/papersize'); if the file can be opened,
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.B groff
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reads the first line and tests for the above paper sizes.
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.
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-Finally,
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+or,
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.I string
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can be a custom paper size in the format
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.IB length , width
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@@ -172,7 +172,13 @@ format.
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.B papersize
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sets both the vertical and horizontal dimension of the output medium.
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.
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+Finally
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+.I string
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+can be a keyword locale, so
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+.B groff
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+will determine the papersize from system locale (LC_PAPER).
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.IP
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+.
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More than one argument can be specified;
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.B groff
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scans from left to right and uses the first valid paper specification.
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--
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1.7.6.3
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