Re: [Groff] eqn's `...' operator

2007-02-05 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Werner LEMBERG [EMAIL PROTECTED]: you've replaced `cdot' with \(md in eqn -- why not replacing `...' with three \(md characters too? Looking at the Guide to Eqn, I see they do that. OK, I'll patch it in. Done. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a

Re: [Groff] eqn's `...' operator

2007-02-05 Thread Tadziu Hoffmann
you've replaced `cdot' with \(md in eqn -- why not replacing `...' with three \(md characters too? Don't! I want to have the normal ellipsis on the baseline. (Like in 1, 2, ...; for special cases it's preferable to have a separate cdots operator with three \(md characters.)

Re: [Groff] eqn's `...' operator

2007-02-05 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Tadziu Hoffmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: you've replaced `cdot' with \(md in eqn -- why not replacing `...' with three \(md characters too? Don't! I want to have the normal ellipsis on the baseline. (Like in 1, 2, ...; for special cases it's preferable to have a separate cdots operator with

Re: [Groff] eqn's `...' operator

2007-02-05 Thread Ted Harding
On 05-Feb-07 Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: you've replaced `cdot' with \(md in eqn -- why not replacing `...' with three \(md characters too? Don't! I want to have the normal ellipsis on the baseline. (Like in 1, 2, ...; for special cases it's preferable to have a separate cdots operator with

Re: [Groff] eqn's `...' operator

2007-02-05 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Ted Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How can we find out what precisely, and so far, has been done to groff and its components (tbl, eqn, pic, .. ) in the name of the man-page upgrade, and what the effects of this are likely to be on non-man-page usage? And what is likely to be next in the

Re: [Groff] eqn's `...' operator

2007-02-05 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Werner LEMBERG [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Given the many user objections I suggest that we revert the default of `...'; additionally I like the idea of introducing a `cdots' operator. Eric, can you work on this? It's done, ChangeLog entry and all. Utterly trivial, I just added one macro definition

Re: [Groff] eqn's `...' operator

2007-02-05 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Werner LEMBERG [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You are doing this at an incredible fast pace! Checking your changes, I find a lot of small typos. May I suggest that you re-read the diffs after they have been sent to the groff-cvs list? This is what I do to catch my typos ... I'll do that. --