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Re: [PATCH] Support 2-digit \sNN only in compatibility mode.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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Re: [PATCH] Support 2-digit \sNN only in compatibility mode. |
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Date: |
Wed, 1 Apr 2020 04:50:08 +1100 |
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NeoMutt/20180716 |
At 2020-03-31T18:17:52+0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> This is not acceptable. My muscles know to write \s14foo\s0 bar and
> don't like changing, my eyes know how to read it.
What text editor do you use?
> 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.
It doesn't. Groff doesn't (before or after my patch). Heirloom troff
doesn't:
$ cd ~/heirloom && printf '\\s39A' | ./bin/troff >| 39 \
&& printf '\\s40A' | ./bin/troff >| 40 && diff -u 39 40
--- 39 2020-04-01 04:40:31.486451241 +1100
+++ 40 2020-04-01 04:40:31.502451234 +1100
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
x font 8 HX /home/branden/heirloom/lib/doctools/font/devps/HX.afm 4
x font 9 S1 /home/branden/heirloom/lib/doctools/font/devps/S1.afm 516
x font 10 S /home/branden/heirloom/lib/doctools/font/devps/S.afm 1028
-s-23 39
+s4
f1
x X LC_CTYPE en_US.UTF-8
H72000
Regards,
Branden
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