Re: weird \s

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Dave,

> [Treating \s65 as point-size 65] would break historical documents that
> use such constructions -- but they're poor style anyway: anyone
> writing with an eye to clarity would already have said "\s[6]5 golden
> rings"

That one's not valid syntax in a historical document.

> or "\s6\&5 golden rings".

And they might not have used that one because there was no need.
The point of being able to format historical documents is that they can
be formatted without examination and editing to fix what today might be
considered bad style.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.