At 2021-08-09T09:11:50-0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > So far I've not read much of the book[1] closely. I have skimmed > through Chapter 4 and on page 4-117 (page 247 of the PDF) is a table > of the available MM strings. Given that I've seen example dates from > 1987/88, this list may be quite close to the final AT&T MM (it really > doesn't appear that Apple changed much, if anything in this regard, > but I'm mostly guessing).
I expect they didn't. I like how Apple didn't include the man(7) macros
in the book. Who needs a man page? If the single button on your mouse
can't get the job done, it's not worth doing. ;-)
> The same document[1] has a slightly different formula on page 3-36 (102)
> for a superscript:
>
> \v'-.5'\s-4\&2\sO\v' .5'
Boy did that ever OCR badly. I think they mean this.
\v'-.5'\s-4\&2\s0\v'.5'
The use of \&, unnecessary here as far as I know, suggests to me that
someone got burned by the magic syntax of the \s escape sequence. (I
can't find a good inline copy of CSTR #97 so I'm attaching one; see PDF
page 4 of 15, second paragraph under section 2.)
It's interesting to me that the following two are not equivalent.
foo\v'-.5'\s-4bar\s0\v'.5'
foo\u\s-4bar\s0\d
Our use of the term "half-line motion" might require some clarification.
> Regarding the MS formula, for the font family I chose, I did modify it
> to not raise as high by changing the .9m to .8m which I think lined up
> slightly better.
Yes; for things like this I think we need a reasonable solution for
general audiences, trusting people to redefine things to meet their
needs. Once we leave the fenced garden of man(7) and mdoc, the hood on
the *roff vehicle becomes transparent, and the document author can muck
around inside. They just need to be aware that they're lifting that
hood and sticking a tool inside.
Regards,
Branden
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