Re: groff 1.16: Changed rendering of 6 Latin1 characters for PostScript

[Werner LEMBERG]

> INPUT FILES:
> .sp 1c
> \(Sd (eth)
> \('y (yacute)
> \(Tp (thorn)
> \(-D (Eth)
> \('Y (Yacute)
> \(TP (Thorn)
> 
> COMMAND LINE:
> troff -v -ww -Tps  test.gro > test.ml.1.16
> 
> DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
>
> The rendering of the above six Latin1 characters for PostScript
> output has changed (worsened) since version 1.11 (or later).  They
> are now composite but the characters themselves should be used as
> they (should) exist in PostScript fonts for the Latin1 character
> set.

You must add `-m psnew' to the command line to get these characters
directly.

Are you sure that this has changed *after* 1.11?  According to the
ChangeLog file, James Clark has introduced psold.tmac in in June
1992...

Nevertheless, 8½ years later I think it is safe to remove the default
use of `psold', making it optional.

Thanks for the report.


    Werner