Re: Writing techical paper

[Oliver Corff]

Hi Bento,

1.27 cm is a "funny broken number" only in SI units, in imperial units
it is a clean half inch (1 inch = 2.54 cm).

Best,

Oliver.


On 15/05/2024 19:53, Bento Borges Schirmer wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> I started to replicate the SBC template found here:
>
> https://www.sbc.org.br/documentos-da-sbc/summary/169-templates-para-artigos-e-capitulos-de-livros/878-modelosparapublicaodeartigos
>
> I'm using mm, but then I stumbled upon a problem: indentation, such as
> setting the number register Pi, can only be specified in ens!
> Meanwhile, the template requires 1.27 centimeters. It is a funny
> broken number, but anyway.
>
> Unaware of this, I tried to specify ".nr Pi 1.27c", and then groff
> would scream several times with:
>
> troff:body.mm:55: warning [p 1, 6.9i]: cannot break line
> troff:body.mm:70: warning [p 1, 9.1i]: cannot break line
> ...and so forth
>
> Unless there is a workaround, I'll try some other macro package.
>
> This is not really a question, let's say I'm just chatting and
> speaking my thoughts out loud! I'm open to suggestions and directions
> hehe.
>
> Best regards,
> Bento
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