Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/02/03/20:34:40
In a message dated 98-02-02 12:36:39 EST, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il writes:
> On 2 Feb 1998, Myknees wrote:
>
> > c:/elc/djgpp/bin/groff.exe: can't find `DESC' file
> > c:/elc/djgpp/bin/groff.exe:fatal error: invalid device `ascii'
>
> This indicates that you have a problem with your Groff installation. The
> file DESC should be in c:/elc/djgpp/share/groff/font/devascii/ directory,
> and the environment variables which are mentioned in the file
> gnu/groff-1.10/djgpp/README (it comes with the Groff distribution) should
> be set correctly. Please check these points. I suggest to re-read that
> README file and make sure everything is set up as it says, and if that
> doesn't help, reinstall Groff from gro110b.zip.
DESC was in the right place. The problem was simply that I hadn't noticed the
README file. Thank you for pointing it out.
> > I couldn't find out what to do to solve that problem. I have tried
> > using info to view the io.3 file, but info says that there is no top
> > node.
>
> Info just calls `man' which again tries to run Groff, which fails. You
> need to find out why does Groff fail.
It seems to be working fine now.
--Ed (Myknees)
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