pdftops.1: Some remarks and a patch with editorial changes for this man page

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

Package: poppler-utils
Version: 26.07.0-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

  Additional remarks.

  Mails from me to "submit at bugs.debian.org" are no longer acknowledged.  A
Debian maintainer told me, that he would contact the mail administrator
about me not wanting to send bugs upstream.

  See also Debian bug #1141378 reportbug: Automatic forwarding of upstream
bugs.

-.-

Dear Maintainer,

>From "ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/bug-reporting.txt"

Don't file bugs upstream

   If you file a bug in Debian, don't send a copy to the upstream software
   maintainers yourself to start with, as it is possible that the bug
   exists only in Debian. If necessary, the maintainer of the package will
   forward the bug upstream, or ask you to do so after they've checked
   that it isn't Debian-specific.

-.-

  For forwarding bug reports to upstream see:

https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#forward

-.-

  "Handling bug reports" in
http://people.debian.org/~enrico/dcg/ch03s02.html

-.-

  I do not send reports upstream if I have to get an account there.
The Debian maintainers have one already.

-.-

   * What led up to the situation?

     Checking for defects with a new version

test-[g|n]roff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=0 -ww -z < "man page"

  [Use 

grep -n -e ' $' -e '\\~$' -e ' \\f.$' -e ' \\"' -e ' "$' <file>

  to find (most) trailing spaces.]

  ["test-groff" is a script in the repository for "groff"; is not shipped]
(local copy and "troff" slightly changed by me).

  [The fate of "test-nroff" was decided in groff bug #55941.]

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Output from "test-groff  -mandoc  -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -ww -z ":

an.tmac:<stdin>:9: style: .RI expects at least 2 arguments, got 1
an.tmac:<stdin>:10: style: .RI expects at least 2 arguments, got 1
troff:<stdin>:28: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:30: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:42: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:44: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:44: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:49: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:50: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:54: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:55: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:58: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:59: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:63: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:67: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:71: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:73: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:78: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:80: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:80: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:86: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:90: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:91: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:104: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:105: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:110: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:111: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:112: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:117: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:118: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:123: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:124: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:134: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:177: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:193: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:196: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:200: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:205: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:209: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:213: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]

Output from "test-nroff  -mandoc  -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -ww -z ":

an.tmac:<stdin>:9: style: .RI expects at least 2 arguments, got 1
an.tmac:<stdin>:10: style: .RI expects at least 2 arguments, got 1
troff:<stdin>:28: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:30: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:42: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:44: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:44: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:49: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:50: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:54: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:55: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:58: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:59: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:63: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:67: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:71: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:73: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:78: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:80: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:80: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:86: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:90: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:91: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:104: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:105: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:110: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:111: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:112: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:117: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:118: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:123: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:124: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:134: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:177: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:193: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:196: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:200: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:205: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:209: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:213: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]


   * What outcome did you expect instead?

     No output (no warnings).

-.-

  General remarks and further material, if a diff-file exist, are in the
attachments.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 7.2.9+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C.utf8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages poppler-utils depends on:
ii  libc6          2.43-7
ii  libcairo2      1.18.4-3+b1
ii  libfreetype6   2.14.3+dfsg-3
ii  liblcms2-2     2.19.1-1
ii  libpoppler162  26.07.0-3
ii  libstdc++6     16.2.0-3

poppler-utils recommends no packages.

poppler-utils suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information
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Input file is pdftops.1

Output from "mandoc -T lint  pdftops.1": (shortened list)

     15 STYLE: input text line longer than 80 bytes

-.-.

Change '-' (\-) to '\(en' (en-dash) for a (numeric) range.

GNU gnulib has recently (2023-06-18) updated its
"build_aux/update-copyright" to recognize "\(en" in man pages.

  '-' is rendered as a hyphen (u2010) in UTF-8 encoding.

pdftops.1:254:The pdftops software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph &

-.-.

Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x2D) to a minus(-dash) (\-),
if it
is in front of a name for an option,
is a symbol for standard input,
is a single character used to indicate an option,
or is in the NAME section (man-pages(7)).
N.B. - (0x2D), processed as a UTF-8 file, is changed to a hyphen
(0x2010, groff \[u2010] or \[hy]) in the output.

30:is \'-', the PostScript is sent to stdout.  If
32:is \'-', Pdftops reads the PDF file from stdin.

-.-.

Wrong distance (not two spaces, not a new line character (\n)) between
sentences in the input file.

mandoc(1) says: "New sentence, new line."

  Separate the sentences and subordinate clauses; each begins on a new
line.  See man-pages(7) ("Conventions for source file layout") and
"info groff" ("Input Conventions").

  The best procedure is to always start a new sentence on a new line,
at least, if you are typing on a computer.

Remember coding: Only one command ("sentence") on each (logical) line.

E-mail: Easier to quote exactly the relevant lines.

Generally: Easier to edit the sentence.

Patches: Less unaffected text.

Search for two adjacent words is easier, when they belong to the same line,
and the same phrase.

  The amount of space between sentences in the output can then be
controlled with the ".ss" request.

Mark a final abbreviation point as such by suffixing it with "\&".

Some sentences (etc.) do not begin on a new line.

Split (sometimes) lines after a punctuation mark; before a conjunction.

  Lines with only one (or two) space(s) between sentences could be split,
so latter sentences begin on a new line.

Use

#!/usr/bin/sh

sed -e '/^\./n' \
-e 's/\([[:alpha:]]\)\.  */\1.\n/g' $1

to split lines after a sentence period.
Check result with the difference between the formatted outputs.
See also the attachment "general.bugs"

141:To force rasterization, set \-rasterize to "always". Use this to eliminate fonts.
142:To prevent rasterization, set \-rasterize to "never". This may produce files that display incorrectly.
147:or \-overprint the default is CMYK8, and in all other cases RGB8 is the default. If \-processcolorprofile
179:size specified in the PDF file. If none the \-paper, \-paperw, or \-paperh
220:Enable overprint emulation during rasterization. For \-processcolorformat being CMYK8 and the language level
221:being higher than 2, this option is set to true by default. Note: This option requires \-processcolorformat to

-.-.

Split lines longer than 80 characters (fill completely
an A4 sized page line on a terminal)
into two or more lines.
Appropriate break points are the end of a sentence and a subordinate
clause; after punctuation marks.

Line 136, length 106

If the PostScript will be printed, leave \-aaRaster disabled and set \-r to the resolution of the printer.

Line 137, length 94

If the PostScript will be viewed, enabling \-aaRaster may make rasterized text easier to read.

Line 140, length 92

By default, pdftops rasterizes pages as needed, for example, if they contain transparencies.

Line 141, length 81

To force rasterization, set \-rasterize to "always". Use this to eliminate fonts.

Line 142, length 102

To prevent rasterization, set \-rasterize to "never". This may produce files that display incorrectly.

Line 145, length 92

Sets the process color format as it is used during rasterization and transparency reduction.

Line 146, length 99

The default depends on the other settings: For \-level1 the default is MONO8, for \-level{1,2,3}sep

Line 147, length 105

or \-overprint the default is CMYK8, and in all other cases RGB8 is the default. If \-processcolorprofile

Line 151, length 85

Sets the ICC profile that is assumed during rasterization and transparency reduction.

Line 154, length 99

If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this option sets the DefaultGray color space

Line 158, length 98

If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this option sets the DefaultRGB color space

Line 162, length 99

If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this option sets the DefaultCMYK color space

Line 178, length 83

can also be set to "match", which will set the paper size of each page to match the

Line 220, length 108

Enable overprint emulation during rasterization. For \-processcolorformat being CMYK8 and the language level

Line 221, length 110

being higher than 2, this option is set to true by default. Note: This option requires \-processcolorformat to

Longest line is number 221 with 110 characters

-.-.


Only one space character is after a possible end of sentence
(after a punctuation, that can end a sentence).
Start a new sentence on a new line.

mandoc(1) says "New sentence, new line."

pdftops.1:141:To force rasterization, set \-rasterize to "always". Use this to eliminate fonts.
pdftops.1:142:To prevent rasterization, set \-rasterize to "never". This may produce files that display incorrectly.
pdftops.1:147:or \-overprint the default is CMYK8, and in all other cases RGB8 is the default. If \-processcolorprofile
pdftops.1:179:size specified in the PDF file. If none the \-paper, \-paperw, or \-paperh
pdftops.1:220:Enable overprint emulation during rasterization. For \-processcolorformat being CMYK8 and the language level
pdftops.1:221:being higher than 2, this option is set to true by default. Note: This option requires \-processcolorformat to

-.-.

Output from "test-groff  -mandoc  -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -ww -z ":

an.tmac:<stdin>:9: style: .RI expects at least 2 arguments, got 1
an.tmac:<stdin>:10: style: .RI expects at least 2 arguments, got 1
troff:<stdin>:28: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:30: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:42: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:44: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:44: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:49: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:50: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:54: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:55: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:58: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:59: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:63: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:67: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:71: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:73: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:78: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:80: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:80: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:86: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:90: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:91: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:104: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:105: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:110: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:111: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:112: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:117: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:118: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:123: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:124: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:134: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:177: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:193: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:196: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:200: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:205: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:209: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]
troff:<stdin>:213: warning: end of sentence detected before end of text line [-w style]

-.-

Additionally:

Size/bytes:



-.-

Generally:

Split (sometimes) lines after a punctuation mark; before a conjunction.

-.-

Tables:

  Use the preprocessor 'tbl' to make tables.

  Put data, that are wider than the header in the (centered) last column,
in a "T{...\nT}" block.

  Table headings, that are wider than any data in the corresponding
column, do not need to be centered, so left adjustment (l, L) is
sufficient.  There is thereby no change in the standard output.
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--- pdftops.1	2026-10-14 20:21:34.047904944 +0000
+++ pdftops.1.new	2026-10-14 20:27:57.198703675 +0000
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ pdftops \- Portable Document Format (PDF
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B pdftops
 [options]
-.RI <PDF-file>
-.RI [<PS-file>]
+.I <PDF-file>
+.RI [ <PS-file> ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Pdftops
 converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript so they
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ to
 .I file.eps
 with the \-eps option).  If
 .I PS-file
-is \'-', the PostScript is sent to stdout.  If
+is \'\-', the PostScript is sent to stdout.  If
 .I PDF-file
-is \'-', Pdftops reads the PDF file from stdin.
+is \'\-', Pdftops reads the PDF file from stdin.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI \-f " number"
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Error related to PDF permissions.
 99
 Other error.
 .SH AUTHOR
-The pdftops software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph &
+The pdftops software and documentation are copyright 1996\(en2011 Glyph &
 Cog, LLC.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR pdfdetach (1),
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  Check the output from "lintian" in the Debian distribution.

  Any program (person), that produces man pages, should check the output
for defects by using (both groff and nroff)

[gn]roff -mandoc -t -ww -b -z -K utf8 <man page>

  To find most trailing spaces use

grep -n -e ' $' -e ' \\f.$' -e ' \\"' -e ' "$' <man page>

  The same goes for man pages that are used as an input.

-.-

  For a style guide use

  mandoc -T lint

-.-

  For general input conventions consult the man page "nroff(7)" (item
"Input conventions") or the Texinfo manual about the same item.

-.-

  Any "autogenerator" should check its products with the above mentioned
'groff', 'mandoc', and additionally with 'nroff ...'.

  It should also check its input files for too long (> 80) lines.

  This is just a simple quality control measure.

  The "autogenerator" may have to be corrected to get a better man page,
the source file may, and any additional file may.

  Debian can fix simple bugs in the used generators and distribute them,
and does not need to wait for upstream to do that and distribute them.

-.-

  Common defects:

  Not removing trailing spaces (in in- and output).
  The reason for these trailing spaces should be found and eliminated.

  "git" has a "tool" to point out whitespace,
see for example "git-apply(1)" and git-config(1)")

-.-

  Not beginning each input sentence on a new line.

Line length and patch size should thus be reduced when that has been fixed.

  The script "reportbug" uses 'quoted-printable' encoding when a line is
longer than 1024 characters in an 'ascii' file.

  See man-pages(7), item "semantic newline".

-.-

The difference between the formatted output of the original and patched
file can be seen with a script "cmp.manuals" in the attachment.

  Or

  nroff -mandoc <file1> > <out1>
  nroff -mandoc <file2> > <out2>
  diff -d -u <out1> <out2>

and for groff, using

printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -mandoc -Z -

instead of 'nroff -mandoc'

  Add the option '-t', if the file contains a table.

  Read the output from 'diff -d -u ...' with 'less -R' or similar.

-.-.

  If 'man' (man-db) is used to check the manual for warnings,
the following must be set:

  The option "-warnings=w"

  The environmental variable:

export MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes (or any non-empty value)

  or

  (produce only warnings):

export MANROFFOPT="-ww -b -z"

export MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes (or any non-empty value)

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#!/usr/bin/bash
# Compare two versions of a man page
# command old{file, directory} new{file, directory}
# command oldfile newfile
# command olddirectory newdirectory

set -eu
option=''
man_option='-mandoc' #-mandoc
Cmd_name=${0##*/}
echo main: parameters are $*

while getopts cd:em:r: opt
do
  case $opt in
    c) man_option="-rcR=1"
    ;;
    d) man_option="-d$OPTARG"
    ;;
    e) option=exact
    ;;
    m) man_option="-m$OPTARG"
    ;;
    r) man_option="-r$OPTARG"
    ;;
    *) echo cmp.manuals: Error, wrong option \"$*\" >&2
      exit
    ;;
  esac
done

shift $((OPTIND - 1))
#echo main: option is $man_option ; exit 1
#echo main: parameters are $*
# Add appropriate options
if test \! -f "$1"
then
  echo file $1 does not exist
  exit 1
fi

if test \! -f "$2"
then
  echo file $2 does not exist
  exit 1
fi

case $man_option in
  -man) man_option='-man -t -dAD=l -rHY=0'
  ;;
  -mandoc) man_option='-mandoc -t -dAD=l -rHY=0'
  ;;
  -me) man_option='-me'
  ;;
  -ms) man_option='-ms -rpar*adj=0'
  ;;
  -d*|-r*) :
  ;;
  *) echo ${Cmd_name}: Unknown option for the macro packet $man_option
     exit 1
  ;;
esac

tempuniq=$(mktemp --tmpdir $Cmd_name.XXXXXX )

uniqlines () {
uniq -d $inputX | sed -e '/^$/d' > $tempuniq
if test -s $tempuniq ; then
  echo $Cmd_name: Equal lines in input from $inputX
  cat $tempuniq
  return 1
fi
return 0
}

compare () {
#printf 'option is %s\n' $option
inputA=old.${1##*/}
inputB=new.${2##*/}
if test ! $1 -ef /tmp/$inputA ; then
  echo copy $1 to /tmp/$inputA
  cp $1 /tmp/$inputA
fi

if test ! $2 -ef /tmp/$inputB ; then
  echo copy $2 /tmp/$inputB
  cp $2 /tmp/$inputB
fi

olddir=$PWD
cd /tmp

#MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes
#MANOPT='--warnings=w --no-justification --no-hyphenation'
#MANWIDTH=80
#export MAN_KEEP_STDERR MANOPT MANWIDTH

# Have no sentence space (.ss 12 0)
#echo option is \"$option\"; exit 1

# getopt sets opt=? if there is no option
#echo opt is \"$opt\" >&2
if test "$opt" = '?' ; then
  sed -e '/^.TH /i \
.ss 12 0\
.nr cR 1\
.kern 0\
.lg 0
s/\. *ad$/.ad l/
s/\. *ad /.ad l /
' $inputA
else
  cat $inputA 
fi | tee -p $inputA.intermed | \
test-nroff -t -K utf8  $man_option > $inputA.txt 2> /dev/null
#echo test-nroff man_option is $man_option for output inputA.txt >&2
# Check
echo inputA.txt from old version
ls -l $inputA.intermed
ls -l $inputA.txt

if find_cntrl $inputA.txt > /dev/null 2>&1
then
  :
else
  echo No formatting characters in file $inputA.txt >&2
fi

inputX=$inputA.txt

#if uniqlines ; then
# Remove multible empty lines
#  uniq $inputA.txt > $tempuniq
#  cp $tempuniq $inputA.txt
#fi

#echo opt is \"$opt\" >&2

if test "$opt" = '?' ; then
#echo opt is \"$opt\" >&2
  sed -e '/^.TH /i \
.ss 12 0\
.nr cR 1\
.kern 0\
.lg 0
s/\. *ad$/.ad l/
s/\. *ad /.ad l /
' $inputB
else 
  cat $inputB
fi | tee -p $inputB.intermed | \
test-nroff -t -K utf8  $man_option > ${inputB}.txt 2> /dev/null
#echo test-nroff man_option is $man_option >&2
#Check
echo inputB from new version
ls -l $inputB.intermed
ls -l $inputB.txt

if find_cntrl ${inputB}.txt > /dev/null 2>&1
then
  :
else
  echo No formatting characters in file ${inputB}.txt >&2
fi

inputX=${inputB}.txt

#if uniqlines ; then
# Remove multible empty lines
#  uniq $inputA.txt > $tempuniq
#  cp $tempuniq $inputB.txt
#fi

#echo using diff.loc >&2

diff.loc -d $inputA.txt $inputB.txt > $inputA.txt.diff || :

# Difference in the output of "troff"

if test "$opt" = '?' ; then
  sed -e '/^.TH /i \
.ss 12 0\
.nr cR 1\
.kern 0
s/\. *ad$/.ad l/
s/\. *ad /.ad l /
' $inputA
else
  cat $inputA 
fi | test-groff -t $man_option -K utf8 -Z \
   > $inputA.ml 2> /dev/null
#echo test-groff man_option is $man_option >&2
#ls -l $inputA.ml
#stat $inputA.ml

if test \! -s $inputA.ml; then
  echo $Cmd_name: intermediate file $inputA.ml is not produced >&2
  ls -lt $inputA >&2
  exit 1
fi

if test "$opt" = '?' ; then
  sed -e '/^.TH /i \
.ss 12 0\
.nr cR 1\
.kern 0
s/\. *ad$/.ad l/
s/\. *ad /.ad l /
' $inputB
else
  cat $inputB
fi | tee -p /tmp/input.to.groff | \
  test-groff -t $man_option -Z -K utf8\
      > $inputB.ml #2> /dev/null
#echo test-groff man_option is $man_option >&2
if test \! -s $inputB.ml; then
  echo $Cmd_name: intermediate file $inputB.ml is not produced >&2
  ls -l /tmp/input.to.groff >&2
  exit 1
fi

#stat $inputB.ml

#ls -l $inputB.ml 1>&2
#printf 'option is = %s\n' "$option"
if test "$option" = 'exact'; then
#  echo Using diff.loc >&2
  diff.loc -d $inputA.ml $inputB.ml | \
    sed -e '/^[-]V[0-9]\+$/d' -e '/^[+]V[0-9]\+$/d' > $inputA.ml.diff
else
  echo Not exact diff between A.ml and B.ml >&2
#  echo Using diff.loc >&2
  diff.loc -d  $inputA.ml $inputB.ml | \
    sed -e '/^[-]V[0-9]\+$/d' -e '/^[+]V[0-9]\+$/d' > $inputA.ml.diff || :
fi

if test -s $inputA.txt.diff ; then
  less -R $inputA.txt.diff
fi

if test -s $inputA.ml.diff ; then
  if test "$option" = 'exact' ; then
    less $inputA.ml.diff
  else
    rm.troff.space $inputA.ml.diff  | less
  fi
fi

cd $olddir
} # End of compare

#set -x

echo first file is $1
echo second file is $2
#echo Are in directory $PWD
if test -f $1 ; then
echo Comparing $1 with $2 >&2
  compare $1 $2 |& sed -f $HOME/bin/groff.err.weedout
else
  for new_file in $(find $2 -type f) ; do
    old_file=$1/$(echo "$new_file" | sed -e 's#'$2'##')
    echo oldfile=$old_file new_file=$new_file
    compare $old_file $new_file |& sed -f $HOME/bin/groff.err.weedout
  done
fi
#echo are in directory $PWD