Is there any way to change the amount of space before a section header?

2020-08-01 Thread T. Kurt Bond
I'd like to reduce the amount of space before a section header. I'd really like to have the amount of space be proportional to the depth of the section header. I've tried defining my own version of SH-NO-TAG in my source file, but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? -- T. Kurt Bond, tkurtb...@g

Re: Groff vs Heirloom troff (was Re: Quick question: how to do .index in groff?)

2020-08-01 Thread Pierre-Jean Fichet
Steve Izma wrote: > > As a simple curiosity, to help me improve my typographic eye, could > > you please explain me in which situation you need a higher resolution? > > For almost everything I typeset, especially books and > newsletter-type publications, I always at least a few places > where I ne

Re: Groff vs Heirloom troff (was Re: Quick question: how to do .index in groff?)

2020-08-01 Thread Pierre-Jean Fichet
Hello alls, Peter Schaffter wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020, Steve Izma wrote: > > ...I would like to caution people who think that the > > implementation of that algorithm [Knuth-Plass] in groff is going > > to lessen the effort that goes into high-quality typography. > > Again, I agree. That's q