At 2023-04-08T19:38:49-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Yes. Technically, this changed behavior is the result of a bug fix to > bring our rendering of ms documents more in line with AT&T troff ms, and > we don't ordinarily document bug fixes in the NEWS file. > > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62688 > > But since you're the second person to have raised this issue to the > mailing list, it seems it might be worth adding a NEWS item about it. > So I'll see about that.
Here is my proposed text. +o The s (ms) macro package now enables the formatter's "no-space mode" + after ending displays (`DE`) and equations (`EQ`); this is to improve + the fidelity of rendering of historical ms(7) documents such as + Kernighan & Cherry's "Typesetting Mathematics". This change means + that display distance spacing (the `DD` register) overrides paragraph + spacing (the `PD` register) instead of accumulating with it. Any suggestions? Also, I'll note that stacking up `LP` and/or `PP` in immediate sequence does in fact still work to increase inter-paragraph distance, as long as a display is not adjacent, but I am dubious of the technique. See attachment. If you want to precisely measure the amount of space between paragraphs, the `PD` register is the way to achieve it. Regards, Branden
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