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Re: .bp not working in groff 1.23.0 when it worked fine in 1.22.4
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Dave Kemper |
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Re: .bp not working in groff 1.23.0 when it worked fine in 1.22.4 |
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Mon, 5 Feb 2024 13:11:04 -0600 |
On 2/5/24, G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:
> As far as I know, groff has never extended AT&T troff syntax in _this_
> respect.
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> The argument count to requests (unlike macros) is seemingly sacrosanct.
Groff extended the .ss request by adding an optional second parameter
where AT&T's took only one. It's not exactly the same situation, but
would seem to cross the same minefield.