Hi Dave, At 2022-12-24T17:19:15-0600, Dave Kemper wrote: > Snipping most of this message, as it's stuff where either I agree or > no response seems necessary.
No worries. > On 12/13/22, G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Still, as long as the release notes mention the default line-length > >> change, I think we're covered. It looks like the relevant NEWS > >> item mentions that the default has _not_ changed for terminal > >> output, but doesn't say anything concrete about the typeset > >> default. > > > > No; I think I left that out because I wanted to leave myself some > > freedom. 65cpl looks a little weird to me, especially if there is > > no page offset. > > I'm not sure I follow: "65cpl" seems like a terminal measurement, It is, though not one we use in groff documentation. > not a typeset one, and "no page offset" is a property of its terminal > output. The thing I was saying NEWS should mention is that for -me > users targeting troff, the default line length has changed from (its > long-entrenched historical) 6i to (the arguably saner) 6.5i. Well, maybe just quoting the NEWS file in its current state would help. o On typestting output devices, the e (me) macro package now derives the line length from the device description, which can be overriden by the "papersize.tmac" macro file (usually configured via the "-d paper" groff command-line option). The package thus adapts to landscape orientation and paper formats other than U.S. letter. It continues to use a line length of 6 (notional) inches on terminals. Does that seem to get the right information across? Regards, Branden
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