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Re: [groff] A few issues with mom's LIST macros
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Peter Schaffter |
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Re: [groff] A few issues with mom's LIST macros |
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Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:31:42 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) |
On Sun, Nov 26, 2017, Ulrich Lauther wrote:
> why do we have to use "ROMAN<n>" and not "ROMAN <n>", which would be easier
> to process?
> Historical reasons?
Yep. :)
Truth is, I wrote the macro so long ago that I can't recall what
advantage I saw in postfixing the digit. As a user, do you see an
advantage to making the second form available, too? If so, it's a
no-brainer to implement. I can take care of it before pushing your
patch.
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Peter Schaffter
http://www.schaffter.ca