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Re: [Groff] nop request
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: [Groff] nop request |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:46:04 +0100 |
Hi Werner,
> Not in macros IMHO. I prefer to have proper indentation.
> Additionally, `.nop' (or whatever name it will finally get) is a
> safeguard against spurious whitespace at the beginning of the line.
>
> > > Do you have a better name?
> >
> > I've thought hard about this and I don't think so. Perhaps it is
> > hard to name because its purpose doesn't fit well?
>
> It's a philosophical question, I think. Nobody is forced to use it,
> but I believe there are a lot of groff users who will like that.
>
> ...
>
> My idea is to introduce a `.comment' request to have an equivalent to
> the comment escape `\#' -- incidentally, this is exactly your idea of
> `.nop' :-) I think that `.nop' isn't a good name for that purpose,
> but `.comment' isn't either since it is too long. What do you think
> about using `."'?
OK, here's another suggestion. m4 has a dnl command used for comments.
It stands for `delete (upto and including) newline'. How about calling
the .nop command after what it is doing rather than the way you are
using it. .dws -- delete following whitespace.
.if ...
. if ...
. dws Hallo!
. dws .dws a command can follow too.
. dnl this is a comment
Your .comment could similarly become .dnl a la m4.
Ralph.
RE: [Groff] nop request, Ted Harding, 2000/09/04