[bug #67657] NEWS (groff 1.20): hdtbl package works also with -Tdvi

Dave <[email protected]> Sun, 7 Jun 2026 23:32:49 -0400 (EDT)

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Update of bug #67657 (group groff):

                  Status:               Need Info => None

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Follow-up Comment #19:

[comment #18 comment #18:]
> I created files in groff-1.20:
> 
> fonts.dvi_n.dvi: 36 pages, that are without any glyph
> 
> fonts.dvi_x.dvi: 36 pages with glyphs

Thanks for investigating!  Now only the "is it worth amending a NEWS entry
from 17 years ago?" question remains.

I'll take the ticket out of Need Info status, since technically what it needs
now isn't info but an opinion.

> Does "works for -Tps only" mean:
> 
> 1)  that the Makefile only produces ps-files ?
> 
> 2)  or "it can only produce ps-files even when the necessary
> files and commands are added to create dvi-files ?

The NEWS item in question is under a "Macro Packages" subheading.  With
examples elided, the text reads: "Joachim Walsdorff contributed the `hdtbl'
package for the generation of tables, using a syntax very similar to the HTML
table model. ... Tables can be nested; `hdtbl' works without a preprocessor so
that the full capability of groff's macro engine is available.  This package
currently works with `-Tps' only."

This context makes it clear to me that the entry is talking about the
package's capabilities, not what's built by stock Makefiles.


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