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Re: Meeting Minute


From: Mikkel Meinike Nielsen
Subject: Re: Meeting Minute
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:39:00 +0100

Could someone please explain to me in plain words what I will gain from
doing it in the suggested way in stead of the why I had done it in the
source that I posted??

tir. 12. nov. 2019 05.38 skrev Steve Izma <address@hidden>:

> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:18:31AM +0100, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Meeting Minute
> >
> > > > > \l'\n(.l/1m'
> >
> > > >   \l'\n[.l]u'
> >
> > I think what should be considered here is that groff only does
> > integer arithmetic.  Therefore, in the first case the length
> > of the line will get truncated to an integer number of ems,
> > whereas in the second case the length of the line will match
> > the width of filled text lines as closely as possible within
> > the limits of the device resolution.  Thus I suggest that
> > the second way is generally preferable.
>
> Very good point.
>
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