On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 18:49:11 -0700
Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 06:42:37PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > Could we please just converge on this spec? I'm old and tired but
> > if we can get agreement on this and noone wants to do the code I'll
> > take a swing at it.
>
> I co
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Robert Thorsby wrote:
While the cognoscenti continue to debate how many angels can stand on the
head of a pin I am prepared to regard Larry & Doug as definitive.
I have been using *roff pre-ditroff so slightly longer than old Larry, but
not as long as young Doug, and I con
On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 06:42:37PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> Subject: [d...@cs.dartmouth.edu: Re: weird \s]
>
> ...
> Anyone arguing for \sDD is just misguided. If you want two things
> it is \s(12, if you want N things, groff gave you \s[1234].
>
> Could we please
On 05/04/20 11:42:37, Larry McVoy wrote:
Doug and I talked about this off line. Doug predates all versions of
roff, he watched it being developed and used it. I think his opinion
matters.
In the message below the "Am I wrong wanting" and the specs are me,
his response is below that.
An
On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 06:42:37PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> Could we please just converge on this spec? I'm old and tired but
> if we can get agreement on this and noone wants to do the code I'll
> take a swing at it.
I could probably be talked into trying to convert the texinfo docs
into roff
Doug and I talked about this off line. Doug predates all versions of
roff, he watched it being developed and used it. I think his opinion
matters.
In the message below the "Am I wrong wanting" and the specs are me,
his response is below that.
Anyone arguing for \sDD is just misguided. If you w
