diff --git a/grofftut.ms b/grofftut.ms index 3900e95..ab6a51f 100644 --- a/grofftut.ms +++ b/grofftut.ms @@ -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