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Re: [Groff] -mm incompatibility with troff
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Larry Jones |
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Re: [Groff] -mm incompatibility with troff |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:29:20 -0400 (EDT) |
Andrew Koenig writes:
>
> Yes, the default value on mine is 3 3 2 2 2 2. I agree it isn't vitally
> important, but I would think it would be better for the default to be the
> same on troff and groff.
After taking a quick look around at the various systems here that have
troff, it seems that different versions of troff have different
defaults. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 and 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 seem to be equally common, so
I don't think a change is warranted.
> Larry> The second difference is more interesting; I'm guessing it's a bug in
> Larry> .SP, but I'd have to do some digging to be sure.
>
> Incidentally, it happens with .H also, not just .HU.
.HU is just an alias for .H 0, so that's not surprising.
-Larry Jones
I stand FIRM in my belief of what's right! I REFUSE to
compromise my principles! -- Calvin