Re: [Groff] .ps question

[P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia]

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From: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 5:48 PM
Subject: [Groff] .ps question


> 
> What is the result of
> 
>   .ps 10.7p
>   .tm .s==\n(.s
> 
> with classical troff?  I'm not sure whether this produces an error
> message or whether the result is `10'.  It seems that in
> 
>   .ps 10p
> 
> the `p' unit (which shouldn't be there according to the manual) is
> silently ignored.
> 
> 

Solaris 2.6 troff

bash-2.05a$ troff > /dev/null
.ps 10.7p
.tm .s==\n(.s
.s==10

.ps 10.7
.tm .s==\n(.s
.s==10

.ps 10p
.tm .s==\n(.s
.s==10