Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Then I don't know what the right thing is here. I agree with your
> > design intention, but I can't see how to implement it robustly.
>
> Well, doclifter ignores it anyway, doesn't it?
Yes, but doclifter isn't the problem here, either.
> > Even querying and storing the current state of adjustment in .SY to
> > be restored in .YS is likely to lead to subtle bugs, as I expect
> > many writing several .SY invocations in a row are likely to forget
> > to close any but the last one.
>
> This can be handled quite easily. Considering
>
> .SY
> .SY
> .YS
>
> it's just necessary to test a flag, say, \n(sy, which is set by the
> first .SY call. If it's still set in the next call to .SY, don't call
> the .ad request.
OK. Can I rely on you to add that?
> > The people who wrote the troff macros in the existing pages.
>
> Well, the macros just work. Portability issues simply haven't been
> considered.
Yes...I know :-).
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