[bug #64236] [eqn] "digit" type seems to have a bad name

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
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                 Summary: [eqn] "digit" type seems to have a bad name
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: gbranden
               Submitted: Mon 22 May 2023 01:56:49 PM UTC
                Category: Preprocessor eqn
                Severity: 1 - Wish
              Item Group: Feature change
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Mon 22 May 2023 01:56:49 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
>From my working copy:


+(The
+.RB \[lq] digit \[rq]
+type is not used by default,
+but is available for customization.)
+.\" XXX: How would you actually customize it, though?  There doesn't
+.\" seem to be a means of replacing the font associated with a type.
+.\" Is the "digit" type just cruft?


"digit" seems to really mean "non-letter".  Maybe "nonletter" would be a
better name.  See the only test of its value.

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/src/preproc/eqn/text.cpp?h=1.23.0.rc4#n496








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