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Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches


From: Eric S. Raymond
Subject: Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:41:12 -0500
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Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>:
> Have you ever encountered a different policy w.r.t. font mapping for
> TTY devices?

No, but this sort of thing bothers me on principle.
 
> I think I can stand the torrent of indignation[1] which will occur due
> to this mapping -- my safe bet is that noone will complain.
> 
> [1] Maybe this is wrong English but it sounds more poetical than
>     `storm of protest'. :-)

That's perfectly correct idiomatic English.  And your choice to make.  
It's not a large enough issue for me to argue about further.
-- 
                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>




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