Re: [Groff] .ps question

[ralph]

Hi Werner,

> What is the result of
> 
>   .ps 10.7p
>   .tm .s==\n(.s
> 
> with classical troff?  I'm not sure whether this produces an error
> message or whether the result is `10'.  It seems that in
> 
>   .ps 10p
> 
> the `p' unit (which shouldn't be there according to the manual) is
> silently ignored.

With AIX 3.2.5:

    $ troff >/dev/null
    .ps 10.7p
    .tm .s==\n(.s
    .s==10
    $ troff >/dev/null
    .ps 10p
    .tm .s==\n(.s
    .s==10


Ralph.