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Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested
From: |
Blake McBride |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested |
Date: |
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:00:12 -0500 |
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Carsten Kunze <address@hidden>
wrote:
> Blake McBride <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Also, how does groff get around the problem?
>
> groff may use a true line where ditroff may use the "_" and "|" characters.
>
> > Given that most documents are probably viewed via screen these days, and
> > the ugliness of the dashes, I'd think this is important to fix.
>
> Have you tested that with PDF? If I magnify it I see a continous line.
>
It looks broken into dashes on the PDF for me.
>
> That all is a "feature" of ditroff. ditroff has been designed with
> typesetters in mind, viewing on the screen was nearly impossible in early
> troff days.
>
> It may not be a big problem to use maybe \D commands. But is it really
> required to change this?
>
Documents with tables look kind of ugly and out-of-date on the screen.
Thanks.
Blake
>
> Carsten
>
>
- [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Blake McBride, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Blake McBride, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Blake McBride, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Blake McBride, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested,
Blake McBride <=
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/09/25
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/25
- Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/28