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Re: [PATCH] Support 2-digit \sNN only in compatibility mode.
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Larry McVoy |
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Re: [PATCH] Support 2-digit \sNN only in compatibility mode. |
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Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:22:43 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) |
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 06:17:52PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Branden,
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> > Support 2-digit \sNN only in compatibility mode.
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> No, again.
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> This is not acceptable. My muscles know to write \s14foo\s0 bar and
> don't like changing, my eyes know how to read it. I don't see why you
> should force this side issue on us when the topic is whether \s42foo\s0
> sets the point size to 42.
I'm coming into this late but isn't the usual syntax \s(NN and \sN for
other stuff?
Ralph, what about a compromise maybe a
int sNN = getenv("GROFF_sNN"); // backwards compat for Ralph