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Re: [Groff] \F request?


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] \F request?
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 22:51:05 +0200 (CEST)

> > I'd veer away from the term "deprecate"; it implies it might be
> > removed in the future, and I think \fP is used in too many places
> > to change. The new syntax looks nice though.
> 
> I agree.  It can't be deprecated.  Next step is it only works in
> `compatibility mode' and that's just a global flag that zaps
> everything.  Use something other than `P' for \F if you wish and make
> it work for \f too if you like.  But leave \fP working fine for ever
> more.

Sorry for my bad English.  Removing it was never my intention, nor to
make it work only in compatibility mode.  I fully agree that \fP is a
fixed part of the groff idiom.


    Werner

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