On 9/1/24 01:19, Alexis wrote:
I noticed that the default length of title lines (\n[.lt]) of 6.5i works
well for letter sized documents but looks off for other orientations and
paper sizes as the title left-part aligns with the page offset, but the
title right-part does not align with the right text margin.
...
(see attached patch) seems like a sensible solution to
provide a good looking default for page orientations and paper sizes
other than letter.
What are people's thoughts on this?
And what have I possibly overlooked that this isn't already the case?
I am vehemently opposed to this so-called patch. In one hit you will
have rendered twenty years of my documents, and the programs I use to
produce them, unworkable. And all because you have failed to read the
documentation that comes with every groff installation.
While I applaud the enthusiasm that newcomers bring to this list it
deeply disturbs me when they find fault with groff that arises because
they do not do any research into why such "fault" occurs.
I realize that man pages and info documents are not always the easiest
material to read but, for $DIETY's sake, the info page even has a pretty
little line-drawing image that shows the relationships between the
various components that go into the sizing of a page.
I have been using groff with A4 paper, and sometimes with other A and B
sizes, since I first started using groff.
My apologies to the list for the intemperance of my language, but this
has to stop.
Robert Thorsby
