Update of bug #61998 (project groff):
Status: None => Confirmed
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Follow-up Comment #1:
Hi, Dave!
[comment #0 original submission:]
[snip]
Well, _I'm_ convinced...
> I think the points worth mentioning in the .af section of the manual are:
>
> * there is no standard representation of Roman numerals above 3,999;
> * nonetheless, troff's use of W for 5,000 and Z for 10,000 is an aberration
with no historical precedent, and no modern use outside of troff's
descendants; and
> * following Unicode's own recommendation, groff outputs Roman numerals
using only plain-ASCII characters, not any Roman numeral characters from
Unicode's Number Forms block.
>
> With the above, there is no particular need to single out U+2181 and
U+2182.
>
> If others agree with my reasoning, I'll write up some specific text to cover
these points.
>
> No parallel change need be made in man/groff.7.man
<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/man/groff.7.man>, as this man
page gives no detail about how groff renders Roman numerals (nor did CSTR #54
before it).
Agreed. Please supply a patch at your leisure.
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