Re: groff_mm(7)'s use of periods before macro names is inconsistent.

Hi Branden, G. Branden Robinson wrote on Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 08:53:22AM +1000: > At 2021-07-17T17:43:15-0400, T. Kurt Bond wrote: >> In the list of macros in groff_mm(7) the macro names in the headings >> of paragraphs in the "Macros" section are never specified with a >> leading period. In sim

Re: Question about ?roff on Reddit

> > John's a sneaky devil. I've never seen the .cw request used in anger > before I'm sorry, I meant to write `.cs`, which was superfluous anyway (since I already set line-length to 1n, which forced lines to be wrapped). I was in a rush and hastily repurposing code from an earlier snippet

Re: Macros for printing envelopes?

* On 2021 17 Jul 18:14 -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Not in groff world! To be militantly consistent, I suppose, in groff, > standard paper formats are always at least as long as they are wide. > > groff_tmac(5) discusses the "papersize" macro file. > > papersize > This macro file

Re: pdfroff and tables of contents

On 16/07/2021 20:50, James K. Lowden wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 04:48:03 +1000 > "G. Branden Robinson" wrote: > >> XN is not a part of any _ms_ implementation I'm aware of, not even >> groff's. It does not appear in 4.2BSD ms or Version 10 Research Unix, >> either. >> >> In the groff system, X

Re: Question about ?roff on Reddit

Ah now we know what that .cw means :-). I'm glad it wasn't some dark undocumented force. Happy weekend everybody. Wim Stockman Op zo 18 jul. 2021 om 15:19 schreef John Gardner : > > > > John's a sneaky devil. I've never seen the .cw request used in anger > > before > > > I'm sorry, I meant to w