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Re: [Groff] `groff_char.7' works only for `man', but not for `groff'


From: Keith Marshall
Subject: Re: [Groff] `groff_char.7' works only for `man', but not for `groff'
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 23:29:33 +0100
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On 26/05/14 23:19, Bernd Warken wrote:
> The usage of '\" for the first line could be done within a short time.
> But `grog' uses both methods '\" and .\".
> 
> It seems to be good to use logical stuff and leave space for
> other stuff as well, as `grog' does now.
> 
> Better don't ask were the man group got their ideas from.  The brain
> would be the better computer (try to send the words "one plus one equals"
> upwards, or later on the word "laws").

Huh?  So what?  What grog does is irrelevant.  The convention, to which
our manpage sources need to conform, is established by man(1).  This is
beyond our control; if groff_char.7 doesn't comply, it should be fixed.

-- 
Regards,
Keith.



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