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Re: [Groff] : ASCII Minus Sign in man Pages
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G. Branden Robinson |
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Re: [Groff] : ASCII Minus Sign in man Pages |
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Tue, 2 May 2017 12:27:40 -0400 |
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Hi Doug,
You didn't quote to whom you're responding so I may be a little
confused.
At 2017-05-01T22:06:38-0400, Doug McIlroy wrote:
> Originally \(pl and \(mi came from a fixed font (S) while + and \-
> came from the current font.
Yes, I believe you're correct, going by CSTR #54. (And, of course, you
were there, and I was in diapers.)
> As I understand your comment, groff has reversed this troff
> convention. Additionally groff interprets - as a compromise
> HYPHEN-MINUS.
I don't understand Ingo to be proposing to make either of these
statements true.
Ingo's proposal would not mandate that + and \- come from the special
font.
It also would not mandate that \(pl and \(mi come from the current font.
Am I misunderstanding something?
Regards,
Branden
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