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Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes
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Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:52:12 +0100 (CET) |
> OK. Do you think it's worth adding an ellipsis definition to
> an-ext.tmac?
I don't object. What do others think?
> > . Don't use real tabs in tables; use the `tab' keyword to
> > substitute them with, say, `@'.
>
> Can do. Is there any technical reason for this, other than the
> "future editor settings could silently mess you up" I'm already
> aware of?
No.
> But I believe you may be worrying a bit too much here. I think
> trailing whitespace, which I inserted at some points to make the
> table sources more readable, could only mess up the rendering onder
> very strange circumstances -- fonts scaled up too large and tabs set
> in a unit that doesn't scale with font size.
>
> Or do you know of some subtle trap that I don't?
Just look at this example:
.TS
tab (@);
r r.
address@hidden
xxx @yyy
.TE
this gives
xxx yyy
xxx yyy
Werner
- [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/02/01
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes,
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/02/03
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/02/03
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/02/03
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Zvezdan Petkovic, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/02/02
- Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes, Zvezdan Petkovic, 2007/02/02