[bug #68524] [troff] `hpf` and `hpfa` requests cause next input to be ignored since commit 85c8daa27d, 2026-04-1

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:07:26 -0400 (EDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.bugs
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Update of bug #68524 (group groff):

                  Status:                    None => In Progress
             Assigned to:                    None => gbranden
         Planned Release:                    None => 1.25.0
                 Summary: Regression: request after .hpfa ignored => [troff]
`hpf` and `hpfa` requests cause next input to be ignored since commit
85c8daa27d, 2026-04-1

    _______________________________________________________

Follow-up Comment #4:


> I'll bet this commit either regressed it or is otherwise implicated.

Yup, that was exactly it.  I "bisected" to it manually in one leap.

> Maybe it has to do with reading arguments in copy mode (rare) versus
> intepretation mode (common).  I observe that since `hpfa`'s argument is a
> file name, it's in the "rare" group.

Another red-letter day for my understanding of the formatter; the foregoing
proved to be precisely the case.

I'm updating internal comments for the benefit of future maintainers.

Expect the fix in my next push.  And a code freeze for 1.25.0 soon.


    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68524>

_______________________________________________
Message sent via Savannah
https://savannah.gnu.org/

signature.asc (application/pgp-signature, 228 B)