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Grofftut: UTF-8 explanation.

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Karchnu 2022-01-19 17:16:40 +01:00
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@ -382,15 +382,10 @@ And this can be set off, with "delim off".
UTF-8
.PP
UTF-8 is wonderful.
Unfortunately, this wasn't implemented in troff, since it comes from 1972, and neither in the later implementation
This wasn't implemented in troff, since it comes from 1972, and neither in the later implementation
.B groff .
So, I wrote the \f[CW]./bin/utf8-to-ms.sh\f[] filter to automatically convert an extensive list of accents, ligatures, and text markers in their equivalent ms macros.
Therefore, one can write in UTF-8 (or at least a good chunk of it) in the input file\*[*].
.FS
All characters cannot be converted so easily.
Some of them are used in troff, such as the arobase, the backslash, etc.
However, my script is a good enough solution for me to write in my mother tongue without any problem.
.FE
But, you can write UTF-8 characters anyway, thanks to the troff preprocessor
.B preconv .
Examples (all written in UTF-8 in the troff file):
.br
@ -432,7 +427,7 @@ Tables with hdtbl
.\".nr t*cpd 0.1n \" cell padding
.ds t*bc pink2\" border color
.
.TBL cols=3 width='10% 45%'
.TBL cols=3 width='20% 35%'
. CPTN val=b This is a fine table. This is a fine table. This is a fine table. This is a fine table. This is a fine table. This is a fine table.
. TR
. TD fst=I first cell