How do I convert a troff manpage with UTF-8 characters (czech to be precise) to PDF
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I have a troff document (manpage) with UTF-8 characters and I am trying to convert it to a PDF. However, when using the -Tpdf option, the PDF generated does not show the correct characters. This is the command I am using:
groff -k -Tutf-8 -pet -Tpdf -mandoc filename.1 > filename.pdf
Examples of what goes wrong:
"PoužÃÂvá" becomes "Pou3â„4ÃÂvá"
"překladaÄÂ" becomes "pøekladaè"
"prováděných" becomes "provádìných"
"rozÅ¡ÃÂřenÃÂm" becomes "roz1ÃÂøenÃÂm"
How to do it correctly?
pdf unicode conversion groff roff
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I have a troff document (manpage) with UTF-8 characters and I am trying to convert it to a PDF. However, when using the -Tpdf option, the PDF generated does not show the correct characters. This is the command I am using:
groff -k -Tutf-8 -pet -Tpdf -mandoc filename.1 > filename.pdf
Examples of what goes wrong:
"PoužÃÂvá" becomes "Pou3â„4ÃÂvá"
"překladaÄÂ" becomes "pøekladaè"
"prováděných" becomes "provádìných"
"rozÅ¡ÃÂřenÃÂm" becomes "roz1ÃÂøenÃÂm"
How to do it correctly?
pdf unicode conversion groff roff
edited Apr 25 '17 at 22:07
Gilles
518k12410341563
asked Apr 25 '17 at 19:37
magnusi
161
1
Are you sure you want-Tutf-8? From a glance at the manual, it seems like your two-Toptions might be conflicting, and-Dis used to select a charset
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 20:13
Ah, sorry, I am not sure, I was just already very desparate. Using -D utf-8 makes the problematic characters disappear completely, resulting in 'can't find special character' warnings
– magnusi
Apr 25 '17 at 21:34
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What about-K utf-8?
– Gilles
Apr 25 '17 at 22:06
I'm testing things now. Interestingly, if I use-D utf-8or-K utf-8along with-T utf-8, I can see the Czech symbols, but when I change-T utf-8to-T psor-T pdfthe problem arises. Sogrottyacts fine with Unicode, butgropsandgropdfare having trouble
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 22:38
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See also The Linux Documentation Project stating thatgroff -Tpsis only capable of outputting the Unicode characters that "PostScript supports by itself" (though it doesn't specify which version ofgroff). Since PDF is just compiled PostScript, this is probably the issue.
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 23:10
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I have a troff document (manpage) with UTF-8 characters and I am trying to convert it to a PDF. However, when using the -Tpdf option, the PDF generated does not show the correct characters. This is the command I am using:
groff -k -Tutf-8 -pet -Tpdf -mandoc filename.1 > filename.pdf
Examples of what goes wrong:
"PoužÃÂvá" becomes "Pou3â„4ÃÂvá"
"překladaÄÂ" becomes "pøekladaè"
"prováděných" becomes "provádìných"
"rozÅ¡ÃÂřenÃÂm" becomes "roz1ÃÂøenÃÂm"
How to do it correctly?
pdf unicode conversion groff roff
edited Apr 25 '17 at 22:07
Gilles
518k12410341563
asked Apr 25 '17 at 19:37
magnusi
161
I have a troff document (manpage) with UTF-8 characters and I am trying to convert it to a PDF. However, when using the -Tpdf option, the PDF generated does not show the correct characters. This is the command I am using:
groff -k -Tutf-8 -pet -Tpdf -mandoc filename.1 > filename.pdf
Examples of what goes wrong:
"PoužÃÂvá" becomes "Pou3â„4ÃÂvá"
"překladaÄÂ" becomes "pøekladaè"
"prováděných" becomes "provádìných"
"rozÅ¡ÃÂřenÃÂm" becomes "roz1ÃÂøenÃÂm"
How to do it correctly?
pdf unicode conversion groff roff
pdf unicode conversion groff roff
edited Apr 25 '17 at 22:07
Gilles
518k12410341563
asked Apr 25 '17 at 19:37
magnusi
161
edited Apr 25 '17 at 22:07
Gilles
518k12410341563
asked Apr 25 '17 at 19:37
magnusi
161
edited Apr 25 '17 at 22:07
Gilles
518k12410341563
edited Apr 25 '17 at 22:07
Gilles
518k12410341563
edited Apr 25 '17 at 22:07
Gilles
518k12410341563
518k12410341563
asked Apr 25 '17 at 19:37
magnusi
161
asked Apr 25 '17 at 19:37
magnusi
161
asked Apr 25 '17 at 19:37
magnusi
161
161
1
Are you sure you want-Tutf-8? From a glance at the manual, it seems like your two-Toptions might be conflicting, and-Dis used to select a charset
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 20:13
Ah, sorry, I am not sure, I was just already very desparate. Using -D utf-8 makes the problematic characters disappear completely, resulting in 'can't find special character' warnings
– magnusi
Apr 25 '17 at 21:34
1
What about-K utf-8?
– Gilles
Apr 25 '17 at 22:06
I'm testing things now. Interestingly, if I use-D utf-8or-K utf-8along with-T utf-8, I can see the Czech symbols, but when I change-T utf-8to-T psor-T pdfthe problem arises. Sogrottyacts fine with Unicode, butgropsandgropdfare having trouble
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 22:38
1
See also The Linux Documentation Project stating thatgroff -Tpsis only capable of outputting the Unicode characters that "PostScript supports by itself" (though it doesn't specify which version ofgroff). Since PDF is just compiled PostScript, this is probably the issue.
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 23:10
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Are you sure you want-Tutf-8? From a glance at the manual, it seems like your two-Toptions might be conflicting, and-Dis used to select a charset
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 20:13
Ah, sorry, I am not sure, I was just already very desparate. Using -D utf-8 makes the problematic characters disappear completely, resulting in 'can't find special character' warnings
– magnusi
Apr 25 '17 at 21:34
1
What about-K utf-8?
– Gilles
Apr 25 '17 at 22:06
I'm testing things now. Interestingly, if I use-D utf-8or-K utf-8along with-T utf-8, I can see the Czech symbols, but when I change-T utf-8to-T psor-T pdfthe problem arises. Sogrottyacts fine with Unicode, butgropsandgropdfare having trouble
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 22:38
1
See also The Linux Documentation Project stating thatgroff -Tpsis only capable of outputting the Unicode characters that "PostScript supports by itself" (though it doesn't specify which version ofgroff). Since PDF is just compiled PostScript, this is probably the issue.
– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 23:10
1
1
Are you sure you want
-Tutf-8? From a glance at the manual, it seems like your two -T options might be conflicting, and -D is used to select a charset– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 20:13
Are you sure you want
-Tutf-8? From a glance at the manual, it seems like your two -T options might be conflicting, and -D is used to select a charset– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 20:13
Ah, sorry, I am not sure, I was just already very desparate. Using -D utf-8 makes the problematic characters disappear completely, resulting in 'can't find special character' warnings
– magnusi
Apr 25 '17 at 21:34
Ah, sorry, I am not sure, I was just already very desparate. Using -D utf-8 makes the problematic characters disappear completely, resulting in 'can't find special character' warnings
– magnusi
Apr 25 '17 at 21:34
1
1
What about
-K utf-8?– Gilles
Apr 25 '17 at 22:06
What about
-K utf-8?– Gilles
Apr 25 '17 at 22:06
I'm testing things now. Interestingly, if I use
-D utf-8 or -K utf-8 along with -T utf-8, I can see the Czech symbols, but when I change -T utf-8 to -T ps or -T pdf the problem arises. So grotty acts fine with Unicode, but grops and gropdf are having trouble– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 22:38
I'm testing things now. Interestingly, if I use
-D utf-8 or -K utf-8 along with -T utf-8, I can see the Czech symbols, but when I change -T utf-8 to -T ps or -T pdf the problem arises. So grotty acts fine with Unicode, but grops and gropdf are having trouble– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 22:38
1
1
See also The Linux Documentation Project stating that
groff -Tps is only capable of outputting the Unicode characters that "PostScript supports by itself" (though it doesn't specify which version of groff). Since PDF is just compiled PostScript, this is probably the issue.– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 23:10
See also The Linux Documentation Project stating that
groff -Tps is only capable of outputting the Unicode characters that "PostScript supports by itself" (though it doesn't specify which version of groff). Since PDF is just compiled PostScript, this is probably the issue.– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 23:10
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The following convoluted way works:
groff -Kutf8 -Tdvi -mec -ms test.ms > test.dvi
dvipdfm -cz 9 test.dvi
open test.pdf
Via the [Groff] latin2 polish special characters thread on lists.gnu.org.
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The following convoluted way works:
groff -Kutf8 -Tdvi -mec -ms test.ms > test.dvi
dvipdfm -cz 9 test.dvi
open test.pdf
Via the [Groff] latin2 polish special characters thread on lists.gnu.org.
answered 11 mins ago
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The following convoluted way works:
groff -Kutf8 -Tdvi -mec -ms test.ms > test.dvi
dvipdfm -cz 9 test.dvi
open test.pdf
Via the [Groff] latin2 polish special characters thread on lists.gnu.org.
answered 11 mins ago
Marek Kowalczyk
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up vote
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The following convoluted way works:
groff -Kutf8 -Tdvi -mec -ms test.ms > test.dvi
dvipdfm -cz 9 test.dvi
open test.pdf
Via the [Groff] latin2 polish special characters thread on lists.gnu.org.
answered 11 mins ago
Marek Kowalczyk
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The following convoluted way works:
groff -Kutf8 -Tdvi -mec -ms test.ms > test.dvi
dvipdfm -cz 9 test.dvi
open test.pdf
Via the [Groff] latin2 polish special characters thread on lists.gnu.org.
answered 11 mins ago
Marek Kowalczyk
134
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Marek Kowalczyk is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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answered 11 mins ago
Marek Kowalczyk
134
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answered 11 mins ago
Marek Kowalczyk
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answered 11 mins ago
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Are you sure you want
-Tutf-8? From a glance at the manual, it seems like your two-Toptions might be conflicting, and-Dis used to select a charset– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 20:13
Ah, sorry, I am not sure, I was just already very desparate. Using -D utf-8 makes the problematic characters disappear completely, resulting in 'can't find special character' warnings
– magnusi
Apr 25 '17 at 21:34
1
What about
-K utf-8?– Gilles
Apr 25 '17 at 22:06
I'm testing things now. Interestingly, if I use
-D utf-8or-K utf-8along with-T utf-8, I can see the Czech symbols, but when I change-T utf-8to-T psor-T pdfthe problem arises. Sogrottyacts fine with Unicode, butgropsandgropdfare having trouble– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 22:38
1
See also The Linux Documentation Project stating that
groff -Tpsis only capable of outputting the Unicode characters that "PostScript supports by itself" (though it doesn't specify which version ofgroff). Since PDF is just compiled PostScript, this is probably the issue.– Fox
Apr 25 '17 at 23:10