> : > The point of -T ascii is to get intelligible output on stunted devices, ...
In my opinion the point of -T ascii is to preserve the behaviour of groff -T ascii from back then until forever. The proposed changes do not correct bugs. (We are not talking core dumps here.) They propose to changes to match personal preferences. I carry with me 40 years of nroff/troff/groff shell scripts that serve me well. Most have not had to change during that time because the UNIX/Linux/BSD communities (by and large) to not make "improvements" to achieve a sense of style. So if someone wants to have a new -T txt mode with a style that looks good when confined to one of the typewriter fonts, please have at it. In fact build a generalize tool where the choice of font can implies a set of desirable (to me) character substitutions and renderings that can easily be changed via a personalized configuration file. Say .groff-Ttxt.rc . Just don't go changing the definition of existing groff options such that what was rendered yesterday is different to what rendered today. -- Mike Bianchi Foveal Systems 973 822-2085 mbian...@foveal.com http://www.AutoAuditorium.com http://www.FovealMounts.com