Re: [Groff] indentation for eqn

[Bernd Warken]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 06:21:23PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> 
> > The following patch allows to indent the eqn commands .EQ and .EN.
> 
> I don't think that's a good idea.  It's one thing to make an internal
> troff request match all the others but .EQ is outside troff proper and
> this therefore seems something new.  Given that tbl, etc., will all
> need to be changed too shouldn't there be some discussion first?
> 
Alright, to make the indent reasonably usable, the .nop request should
also made available from within eqn (and the other preprocs).

> This seems broken.  If compatible_flag then I'd expect the whitespace
> after `.' to be disallowed.  Instead, this seems to allow it.  Have I
> misunderstood the use of compatible_flag?
> 
>     .EQxxx     originally allowed if compatible_flag
>     .   EQxxx  now also allowed if compatible_flag
> 
Oops, but this can easily be fixed, once it is clear if the feature is
wanted.

Bernd