groffstudio

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[Feature] Support for hdtbl.
[Changed] Build extras and build preprocessors are now listed in a multi-select box.
[Improved] If no error has occurred, the log file will contain a success message.
[Improved] The default font looked gross on macOS. This should be better now.

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Version 0.12.0
2022-03-14

[Feature] If the installed version of troff is not detected as groff, a warning is displayed.

object MainForm: TMainForm
  Left = 2515
  Left = 1073
  Height = 692
  Top = 99
  Width = 847
  Caption = 'groffstudio'
  ClientHeight = 692
  ClientWidth = 847
  DefaultMonitor = dmPrimary
  OnClose = FormClose
  OnCreate = FormCreate
  LCLVersion = '2.3.0.0'
  LCLVersion = '3.0.0.3'
  object MainStatusBar: TStatusBar
    Left = 0
    Height = 23
    Top = 669
    Height = 18
    Top = 674
    Width = 847
    Panels = <    
      item
        Text = 'file name with save status'
        Width = 200
      end    
      item

    ActivePage = tsEdit
    Anchors = [akTop, akLeft, akRight, akBottom]
    Style = tsFlatButtons
    TabIndex = 0
    TabOrder = 1
    object tsEdit: TTabSheet
      Caption = 'edit a groff document'
      ClientHeight = 631
      ClientWidth = 819
      ClientHeight = 626
      ClientWidth = 821
      ParentFont = False
      object GroupBox1: TGroupBox
        Left = 10
        Height = 66
        Top = 560
        Width = 799
        Top = 555
        Width = 801
        Align = alBottom
        BorderSpacing.Left = 10
        BorderSpacing.Right = 10
        BorderSpacing.Bottom = 5
        Caption = 'build'
        ClientHeight = 46
        ClientWidth = 795
        ClientHeight = 39
        ClientWidth = 791
        TabOrder = 0
        object Label1: TLabel
          Left = 184
          Height = 15
          Height = 16
          Top = -4
          Width = 72
          Width = 83
          Caption = 'macro to use:'
          ParentColor = False
        end
        object cmbMacro: TComboBox
          Left = 184
          Height = 23
          Height = 20
          Top = 16
          Width = 100
          ItemHeight = 15
          ItemHeight = 19
          Items.Strings = (
            'man'
            'me'
            'mm'
            'mom'
            'ms'
          )
          TabOrder = 0
          Text = '[ select ]'
        end
        object Label2: TLabel
          Left = 672
          Height = 15
          Left = 659
          Height = 16
          Top = -4
          Width = 78
          Width = 87
          Anchors = [akTop, akRight]
          Caption = 'output format:'
          ParentColor = False
        end
        object rdPs: TRadioButton
          Left = 673
          Height = 19
          Left = 655
          Height = 18
          Top = 16
          Width = 71
          Width = 85
          Anchors = [akTop, akRight]
          Caption = 'PostScript'
          TabOrder = 1
        end
        object rdPdf: TRadioButton
          Left = 753
          Height = 19
          Left = 738
          Height = 18
          Top = 16
          Width = 39
          Width = 50
          Anchors = [akTop, akRight]
          Caption = 'PDF'
          TabOrder = 2
        end
        object Label3: TLabel
          Left = 419
          Height = 15
          Left = 400
          Height = 16
          Top = -4
          Width = 76
          Width = 91
          Anchors = [akTop, akRight]
          Caption = 'preprocessors:'
          ParentColor = False
        end
        object Label4: TLabel
          Left = 544
          Height = 15
          Left = 533
          Height = 16
          Top = -4
          Width = 34
          Width = 41
          Anchors = [akTop, akRight]
          Caption = 'extras:'
          ParentColor = False
        end
        object btnBuild: TButton
          Left = 0
          Height = 29
          Top = 10
          Width = 75
          Caption = 'build'
          Color = clLime
          Enabled = False
          Font.Style = [fsBold, fsItalic]
          OnClick = btnBuildClick
          ParentFont = False
          TabOrder = 3
          OnClick = btnBuildClick
        end
        object chkLogFile: TCheckBox
          Left = 80
          Height = 19
          Height = 18
          Hint = 'If enabled, a log file containing the groff output will be placed alongside the source document.'
          Top = 16
          Width = 68
          Width = 79
          Caption = 'log to file'
          Enabled = False
          TabOrder = 4
        end
        object chkBoxPreprocessors: TCheckComboBox
          Left = 419
          Height = 24
          Left = 415
          Height = 20
          Top = 15
          Width = 100
          Anchors = [akTop, akRight]
          ItemHeight = 16
          Items.Strings = (
            'chem'
            'eqn'
            'grn'
            'pic'
            'refer'
            'tbl'
          )
          TabOrder = 5
          Text = '0'
        end
        object chkBoxExtras: TCheckComboBox
          Left = 544
          Height = 24
          Left = 540
          Height = 20
          Top = 15
          Width = 100
          Anchors = [akTop, akRight]
          ItemHeight = 16
          Items.Strings = (
            'hdtbl'
            'Pdfmark'
          )
          TabOrder = 6
          Text = '0'
        end
      end
      object btnSaveGroff: TButton
        Left = 734
        Left = 736
        Height = 28
        Top = 528
        Top = 523
        Width = 75
        Anchors = [akRight, akBottom]
        Caption = 'save'
        Font.Style = [fsBold]
        OnClick = btnSaveGroffClick
        ParentFont = False
        TabOrder = 1
        OnClick = btnSaveGroffClick
      end
      object btnLoadGroff: TButton
        Left = 653
        Left = 655
        Height = 28
        Top = 528
        Top = 523
        Width = 75
        Anchors = [akRight, akBottom]
        Caption = 'load'
        Font.Style = [fsBold]
        OnClick = btnLoadGroffClick
        ParentFont = False
        TabOrder = 2
        OnClick = btnLoadGroffClick
      end
      object Label5: TLabel
        Left = 197
        Height = 15
        Top = 541
        Width = 438
        Left = 128
        Height = 16
        Top = 535
        Width = 509
        Anchors = [akRight, akBottom]
        Caption = 'note that everything build-related will be stored in the document''s storage directory'
        Font.Color = clBlue
        Font.Style = [fsItalic]
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
      end
      inline SynEdit1: TSynEdit
        Left = 10
        Height = 523
        Height = 518
        Top = 0
        Width = 799
        Width = 801
        Anchors = [akTop, akLeft, akRight, akBottom]
        Font.CharSet = 4
        Font.Height = -13
        Font.Name = 'Consolas'
        Font.Pitch = fpFixed
        Font.Quality = fqCleartypeNatural
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
        TabOrder = 3
        Gutter.Width = 55
        Gutter.Width = 67
        Gutter.MouseActions = <>
        RightGutter.Width = 0
        RightGutter.MouseActions = <>
        Keystrokes = <        
          item
            Command = ecUp
            ShortCut = 38

        OnChange = SynEdit1Change
        inline SynLeftGutterPartList1: TSynGutterPartList
          object SynGutterMarks1: TSynGutterMarks
            Width = 24
            MouseActions = <>
          end
          object SynGutterLineNumber1: TSynGutterLineNumber
            Width = 15
            Width = 27
            MouseActions = <>
            MarkupInfo.Background = clBtnFace
            MarkupInfo.Foreground = clNone
            DigitCount = 2
            ShowOnlyLineNumbersMultiplesOf = 1
            ZeroStart = False
            LeadingZeros = False

            MouseActionsCollapsed = <>
          end
        end
      end
    end
    object tsSettings: TTabSheet
      Caption = 'groffstudio settings'
      ClientHeight = 631
      ClientWidth = 819
      ClientHeight = 626
      ClientWidth = 821
      object chkAutoSaveBuildSettings: TCheckBox
        Left = 0
        Height = 19
        Height = 18
        Top = 16
        Width = 309
        Width = 341
        Caption = 'save and restore the chosen build settings for next time'
        TabOrder = 0
      end
      object btnSaveSettings: TButton
        Left = 730
        Left = 732
        Height = 25
        Top = 600
        Top = 595
        Width = 91
        Anchors = [akRight, akBottom]
        Caption = 'save settings'
        OnClick = btnSaveSettingsClick
        TabOrder = 1
        OnClick = btnSaveSettingsClick
      end
      object Label14: TLabel
        Left = 0
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 80
        Width = 129
        Width = 150
        Caption = 'yes, that''s all for now. :-)'
        ParentColor = False
      end
      object chkUpdateCheckOnStart: TCheckBox
        Left = 0
        Height = 19
        Height = 18
        Top = 40
        Width = 169
        Width = 190
        Caption = 'check for updates on startup'
        TabOrder = 2
      end
    end
    object tsGroff: TTabSheet
      Caption = 'groff version'
      ClientHeight = 631
      ClientWidth = 819
      ClientHeight = 626
      ClientWidth = 821
      object GroupBox2: TGroupBox
        Left = 20
        Height = 57
        Top = 566
        Width = 779
        Top = 561
        Width = 781
        Align = alBottom
        BorderSpacing.Left = 20
        BorderSpacing.Right = 20
        BorderSpacing.Bottom = 8
        Caption = 'groff for Windows'
        ClientHeight = 37
        ClientWidth = 775
        ClientHeight = 30
        ClientWidth = 771
        TabOrder = 0
        object Label6: TLabel
          Left = 8
          Height = 15
          Height = 16
          Top = 8
          Width = 108
          Width = 125
          Caption = 'latest version online:'
          ParentColor = False
        end
        object edtOnlineGroffVersionWindows: TEdit
          Left = 136
          Height = 15
          Height = 17
          Top = 8
          Width = 542
          Width = 538
          Anchors = [akTop, akLeft, akRight]
          BorderStyle = bsNone
          Enabled = False
          TabOrder = 0
          Text = 'fetching ...'
        end
        object btnDownloadGroffWindows: TButton
          Left = 686
          Left = 682
          Height = 25
          Top = 5
          Width = 80
          Anchors = [akTop, akRight]
          Caption = 'download it'
          OnClick = btnDownloadGroffWindowsClick
          TabOrder = 1
          OnClick = btnDownloadGroffWindowsClick
        end
      end
      object Label7: TLabel
        Left = 8
        Height = 30
        Height = 32
        Top = 8
        Width = 807
        Width = 809
        Anchors = [akTop, akLeft, akRight]
        Caption = 'as you might guess, groffstudio requires a working installation of groff. this page performs the basic checks for you. note that on windows, everything is harder than it should. :-)'
        Constraints.MaxHeight = 582
        ParentColor = False
        WordWrap = True
      end
      object Label9: TLabel
        Left = 8
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 56
        Width = 70
        Width = 81
        Caption = 'groff version:'
        ParentColor = False
      end
      object edtGroffInstalledVersion: TEdit
        Left = 144
        Height = 15
        Height = 17
        Top = 56
        Width = 671
        Width = 673
        Anchors = [akTop, akLeft, akRight]
        BorderStyle = bsNone
        Enabled = False
        TabOrder = 1
      end
      object lblTroffCommandNotFound: TLabel
        Left = 8
        Height = 45
        Height = 48
        Top = 112
        Width = 806
        Width = 808
        Anchors = [akTop, akLeft, akRight]
        Caption = 'groff was not found. in order to use groffstudio, you absolutely need groff in your PATH variable. on unix and unix-like systems, you''ll need to edit the $PATH variable. on windows, i warmly recommend the Rapid Environment Editor for that.'#13#10'please exit groffstudio at your nearest convenience and adjust your PATH variables. then try again.'
        Font.Color = clRed
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
        Visible = False
        WordWrap = True
      end
      object edtGroffstudioInstalledVersion: TEdit
        Left = 144
        Height = 15
        Height = 17
        Top = 77
        Width = 671
        Width = 673
        Anchors = [akTop, akLeft, akRight]
        BorderStyle = bsNone
        Enabled = False
        TabOrder = 2
      end
      object Label10: TLabel
        Left = 8
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 77
        Width = 103
        Width = 118
        Caption = 'groffstudio version:'
        ParentColor = False
      end
    end
    object tsAbout: TTabSheet
      Caption = 'about groffstudio'
      ClientHeight = 631
      ClientWidth = 819
      ClientHeight = 626
      ClientWidth = 821
      object lblAboutProductName: TLabel
        Left = 0
        Height = 61
        Height = 53
        Top = 16
        Width = 315
        Width = 297
        Caption = 'groffstudio x.y.z'
        Font.Color = clBlue
        Font.Height = -45
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
      end
      object Label8: TLabel
        Left = 20
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 80
        Width = 217
        Width = 246
        Caption = 'brought to you by tux0r and contributors'
        ParentColor = False
      end
      object Label11: TLabel
        Left = 0
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 128
        Width = 45
        Width = 53
        Caption = 'Website:'
        Font.Style = [fsItalic]
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
      end
      object Label12: TLabel
        Left = 0
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 152
        Width = 57
        Width = 69
        Caption = 'Repository:'
        Font.Style = [fsItalic]
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
      end
      object Label13: TLabel
        Left = 0
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 176
        Width = 99
        Width = 119
        Caption = 'Repository (mirror):'
        Font.Style = [fsItalic]
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
      end
      object mLicense: TMemo
        Left = 0
        Height = 418
        Top = 216
        Width = 826
        Width = 828
        Anchors = [akTop, akLeft, akRight]
        ScrollBars = ssAutoBoth
        TabOrder = 0
      end
      object lblWebsite: TLabel
        Cursor = crHandPoint
        Left = 120
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 128
        Width = 99
        Width = 113
        Caption = 'groff.tuxproject.de'
        Font.Color = clBlue
        Font.Style = [fsUnderline]
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
        OnClick = lblWebsiteClick
      end
      object lblFossilRepo: TLabel
        Cursor = crHandPoint
        Left = 120
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 152
        Width = 121
        Width = 140
        Caption = 'code.rosaelefanten.org'
        Font.Color = clBlue
        Font.Style = [fsUnderline]
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
        OnClick = lblFossilRepoClick
      end
      object lblGithubRepo: TLabel
        Cursor = crHandPoint
        Left = 120
        Height = 15
        Height = 16
        Top = 176
        Width = 62
        Width = 68
        Caption = 'github.com'
        Font.Color = clBlue
        Font.Style = [fsUnderline]
        ParentColor = False
        ParentFont = False
        OnClick = lblGithubRepoClick
      end