[tex-live] man pages for pdftools, dvips, etc. use unportable troff syntax

[Werner LEMBERG]

> The problem is the following macro definition:
> 
>   .de URL
>   \\$2 \(laURL: \\$1 \(ra\\$3
>   ..
> 
> Traditional troff had only 2-character macros, so this is parsed as:
> 
>   .de UR L
>   \\$2 \(laURL: \\$1 \(ra\\$3
>   ..
> 
> which means "this macro doesn't finish until you see a '.L' line."
> 
> The obvious fix is to shorten the macro name to "UR", or perhaps (to
> avoid name clashes in -man) "Ur".

The next groff version will have this fixed, using .UR and .UE to
start and end an URL, respectively.


    Werner