Re: groff 1.24.0.rc2 on other platforms

Hi Deri,

At 2026-01-27T20:55:40+0000, Deri wrote:
> On Tuesday, 27 January 2026 19:33:03 GMT G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > At 2026-01-27T20:25:48+0100, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > > ... On Manjaro 23, there is an empty directory named '_Inline'
> > > created in the user's home directory. It's a little negative
> > > surprise.
> > 
> > Huh!  There's one lurking in my $HOME, too--I never noticed!  It's dated
> > 29 December 2024, so not due to a recent change.
> > 
> > > I guess it comes from src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.pl ?
> > 
> > Deri, any idea what this is about?
> > 
> > Does this have to do with the optimized font subsetting feature (written
> > in C, IIRC)?
> > 
> > It's kind of gross to litter the user's home directory like this.  :(
> 
> The information is at the top of page 3 of this document you have seen
> several times.

Indeed it is, and indeed I have.  Thanks for the reminder.

It says:

"Inline::C creates a work directory in your home directory called
"_Inline", if you would prefer it used somewhere else then set
environment variable PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY to a writeable directory."

Is this a commonplace convention in the Perl community, or something you
innovated for gropdf?

Regards,
Branden

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