[bug #49915] Use explicit \s±n after a variable string instead of \s0

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49915>

                 Summary:   Use explicit \s±n after a variable string instead
of \s0
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: bjarniig
            Submitted on: Thu 22 Dec 2016 10:06:29 PM GMT
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:


  Use explicit \s±n after a variable string instead of \s0

  Example:

.ps 10
normal\s+2big\s+3bigger\s-3big_again\s0normal
.br
.ps 10
normal\s+2big\s+3bigger\s0big_again\s0normal

  Sizes are 10, 12, 15, 12, 15 and 10, 12, 15, 12 and 15.


  Patch:

--- /home/bg/git/groff/tmac/e.tmac-u    2016-12-22 18:20:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ./e.tmac-u  2016-12-22 20:41:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@
 ..
 .
 .de sm                 \" *** print in smaller font
-\s-1\\$1\\s0\\$2
+\s-1\\$1\\s+1\\$2
 ..
 .
 .de @F                 \" --- change font (0 -> no change)
@@ -1940,13 +1940,13 @@
 .\" GNU pic sets this register to 1, to indicate that \x should not be used.
 address@hidden 0x
 .ds { \v'-0.4m'\x'\\n(0x=0*-0.2m'\s-3
-.ds } \s0\v'0.4m'
+.ds } \s+3\v'0.4m'
 .\" for compatibility with traditional -me
 .\" (the first will work only in compatibility mode)
 .ds [ \*{
 .ds ] \*}
 .ds < \v'0.4m'\x'\\n(0x=0*0.2m'\s-3
-.ds > \s0\v'-0.4m'
+.ds > \s+3\v'-0.4m'
 .ds - \(em
 .\" Avoid warnings from groff -ww.
 address@hidden |0



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