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Re: [PATCH] docs: eliminate pdfroff

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From: Jun T <takimoto-j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: eliminate pdfroff
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:46:59 +0900
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> 2026/04/11 11:56、dana <dana@xxxxxxx>のメール:
> 
> pdfroff (part of pdfmark) is no longer distributed with groff as of
> version 1.24. the commit message for its removal said that it would be
> maintained elsewhere, but the url given doesn't work for me, and i can't
> find it packaged for homebrew, arch, fedora, or debian. so it doesn't
> seem like a good option

This URL works:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/groff-pdfmark

pdfroff here works well with groff-1.24, although we need to manually
install it.

groff-1.23 is still widely used, and we may continue using pdfroff
for a while, hoping pdfroff (groff-pdfmark) will be packaged?

References:
- [PATCH] docs: eliminate pdfroff
  - From: dana

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