Re: [DRAFT] Revised groff ms manual for review

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

Tadziu Hoffmann wrote in
 <20201108120208.GD2671@usm.uni-muenchen.de>:
 |
 |> When you say points are '(about 1/72")', it probably
 |> doesn't hurt to go the extra mile (!) in precision and
 |> say '(1/72.27")'. It's shorter (no need for 'about')
 |> and more correct.
 |
 |Historically, the size of the point varied from region
 |to region.  TeX uses 1/72.27 inches for its point, but
 |as far as I know, groff uses the Postscript point,
 |which is 1/72 inches exactly.

As documented in groff.7.
Floating-point is evil.  I dream of a roff codebase which does not
use it.

--steffen
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