I need to format documents with the groff -mm macros and need help on some issues:
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You can see it is putting some blank lines at the top and a page number. I need it to run one continuous column starting at the first line of the file.
It is using ansi escape codes, i need it to strictly use ascii text characters.
I also want no default indentation and the page width needs to be 80 chars wide as i am sending it to a text file not a printer.
You can reformat the page with .PGFORM <line length> <page length> <page offset> <line break>. .PGNH skips the header printing on the first page.
.PGFORM 80 0 0 1
.PGNH
ConImp [-a] [-t] [n<name>] [m<time>] [e<editor>]
-a = non-ANSI terminal
-t = use test port
-n = force user name
-m = maximum play time
-e<editor> = allow external editor
-a:
If your terminal is not ANSI compatible use this to prevent ANSI codes being sent
-t:
Use the testing port
-n<name>:
Force the username to this user, used in BBS doors
-m<time>:
Set maximim play time
-e<editor>:
Set the external editor, if any. For example to use VI editor
The text above is only guessed ;-)
I guess that the escape characters are added by the tty output device (-T ascii) which is grotty. grotty allows you to disable color and escape sequences by the -c option. This flag should be propergated to grotty if you call groff -c ... .
with the following call you can switch off the hidden call to grotty with -Z and pipe the output to an explicit call of grotty with the -c flag.
groff -mm -Tascii conimp.mm -Z|grotty -c
