On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 02:20:13PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > This has been discussed a few months ago on the list, IIRC, and then I > stated that I no longer remembered why soelim comes after preconv. > Unfortunately, this comment is still true: I can't remember the > exact cause. > > $ groff -V -s -Kcp1251 -t -Tutf8 > soelim | preconv -ecp1251 | tbl | troff -Tutf8 | grotty
Not that you should ever do this, but if you were using, say, UTF-16, soelim would not be very effective unless preconv ran first. -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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