> Shouldn't this really do
>
> a ] ) ; b ] ) ; c]);
>
> since -separated lines are supposed to behave like columnar real
> lines and only the closing terms are adjusted?
(Answering myself with more possibilities.)
Either that or
a]);b]);c]);
if we're to assume that `
Hello, another groff question.
Consider the following,
.Bl -column asdfasdf asdfasdf asdfasdf
.It a ) ] ;b ) ] ;c ) ;
.El
where is a tab. Why does this produce the following:
a]) ; b]) ; c]);
^^^ ^^^
In words, each column's last closing-punctuation is buffered by a
Hi Ted,
> > I could match / *$ but it seems more logical to insist on an least
> > one space being present, as you do.
>
> Matching a single space would be fine if you were confident of at most
> one trailing space. NBut it's more than "logical", it is very
> practical in many cases, to allow fo
Ted, Ralph,
Thanks for your responses. Beyond the `ds' family, are you aware of any
other macros where trailing whitespace is meaningful?
And just for the sake of finality, can you imagine any circumstances
where free-form lines (i.e., w/o a leading macro) would be affected by
trailing whit
Am Sun, 09 May 2010 06:49:28 +0200 (CEST)
schrieb Werner LEMBERG :
>
> > Is it possible to edit the whole section,
[...]
> > [...] but I have to insert the line
> >
> > .HEAD
> >
> > into every file.
>
> Why is this a problem?
It is no 'problem' and I can manage very well. Background is tha
> Has thought been given to regression tests for groff?
Yes. However, I lack time (and, admittedly, interest) to do that.
Volunteers are highly welcomed.
Werner
> In fact, you can reproduce this infinite loop with just the
> following grotty input:
>
> x T utf8
> x res 240 24 40
> x init
> p1
> Dt
>
> The following patch would turn this into a fatal error instead,
> [...]
Thanks a lot! I've applied your patch to the CVS repository.
Wern
> Is it possible to edit the whole section,
No.
> and where is it stored?
In file src/devices/grohtml/post-html.cpp, have a look into function
html_printer::do_file_components(), which in turn calls
html_printer::writeHeadMetaStyle(). The latter shows the hard-coded
parts of the `head' secti
Hi Ralph,
I think your points are mostly matters of taste and convenience!
On 09-May-10 00:09:53, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>
> Hi Ted,
>
>> Using the 'vim' editor, I can easily strip trailing spaces from a file
>> I am editing with the command
>>
>> :1,$s/ [ ]*$//
>
> I'm not sure why the secon
