Hi Branden, On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 08:31:55PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hmmm, I was about to say inset, but double-checked groff_man(7) to be > sure of the exact term, and then I got confused even more: > > $ man groff_man | grep ' \.\(IP\|RS\) \[' > .RS [insetāamount] > .IP [tag [indentation]] > > > Since RS uses the same amount that IP used before it, it seems they > could be the same thing. But then RS uses inset and IP uses > indentation. How do pears be added to apples? :)
I think this paragraph, about the IN register is where the confusion lies. So IN holds an amount that will be used as inset-amount or as indentation, depending on who uses it. That ambiguity was what confused me. Cheers, Alex -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> Looking for a remote C programming job at the moment.
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