Update of bug #64494 (project groff):
Status: None => Confirmed
Assigned to: None => gbranden
Summary: [PATCH] groff_mdoc(7): units 'm' and 'n' are named
after the upper case letters => explain practical usage of 'm' and 'n'
scaling units better
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Follow-up Comment #1:
Dropping patch annotation; I am rejecting this patch because the underlying
language is not strictly correct.
_groff_(7):
m Em; an em is equal to the current type size in points.
n En; an en is one‐half em.
However it does behoove us to explain to _mdoc_(7) man page authors what these
units mean, more along the lines of how they're explained above (the same
language appears in "groff.texi").
I also see the opportunity to explain a usage distinction between ems and ens,
namely to answer the question of why we have both when could "just" multiply
by 2 or ½, depending, and ensure that this explanation occurs where
necessary.
Retitling.
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