[bug #64233] [troff] make requests' treatment of Boolean arguments more consistent

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
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                 Summary: [troff] make requests' treatment of Boolean
arguments more consistent
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: gbranden
               Submitted: Mon 22 May 2023 05:32:39 AM UTC
                Category: Core
                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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Follow-up Comments:


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Date: Mon 22 May 2023 05:32:39 AM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
In *roff, negative values are false when interpreted in a Boolean context.

But there are some nitty exceptions.


.color 0
.tm \n[.color]
0
.color -1
.tm \n[.color]
1


Explore making this more consistent.







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