Re: [Groff] Fw: We need a new maintainer for groff

2013-11-17 Thread Denis M. Wilson
Hello all, On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:03:45 +0100 Pierre-Jean wrote: > > Dear troffers, > > I wish we could simply cross the street to offer to Werner > some champagne for the long time spent working on groff, and > for the success of his next projects... It will be très difficile to find a maint

Re: [Groff] Where do we go from here?

2013-11-17 Thread Denis M. Wilson
t > Peter Schaffter writes: > > > I've been dreading the day Werner stepped down as lead developer. > > Werner, you have fulfilled the role perfectly, and I know I speak > > for everyone on the list when I say you have earned not only our > > respect, but our admiration. Being a lead developer

Re: [Groff] Where do we go from here?

2013-11-17 Thread Denis M. Wilson
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:53:28 + Gaius Mulley wrote: > Peter Schaffter writes: > > > I've been dreading the day Werner stepped down as lead developer. > > Werner, you have fulfilled the role perfectly, and I know I speak > > for everyone on the list when I say you have earned not only our >

Re: [Groff] Typesetting dashes

2013-11-17 Thread Steve Izma
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 10:51:09PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote: > Subject: [Groff] Typesetting dashes > > I should like to typeset em dashes surrounded by > thin, say 1/4th en, spaces. To prevent a dash from > starting a new line, the first space must be un- > breakable. The second on

Re: [Groff] Where do we go from here?

2013-11-17 Thread Steve Izma
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 11:00:36PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote: > Subject: Re: [Groff] Where do we go from here? > > Peter Schaffter: > > > Werner, you have fulfilled the role perfectly, and > > I know I speak for everyone on the list when I say > > you have earned not only our respect, but our

Re: [Groff] Fw: We need a new maintainer for groff

2013-11-17 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I've written a little news in the french website devoted to linux > and free software. I hope that this can help groff: > > https://linuxfr.org/news/groff-cherche-un-nouveau-chef-de-projet Thanks! Werner

Re: [Groff] Fw: We need a new maintainer for groff

2013-11-17 Thread Pierre-Jean
Dear troffers, I wish we could simply cross the street to offer to Werner some champagne for the long time spent working on groff, and for the success of his next projects... Werner LEMBERG wrote: > Here's my e-mail sent to gnu.org. For now, since our small community now search for some more

Re: [Groff] Where do we go from here?

2013-11-17 Thread Anton Shepelev
Peter Schaffter: > Werner, you have fulfilled the role perfectly, and > I know I speak for everyone on the list when I say > you have earned not only our respect, but our ad- > miration. Being a lead developer entails qauli- > ties that go far beyond coding skills, not the > least of which

[Groff] Typesetting dashes

2013-11-17 Thread Anton Shepelev
Hello all, I should like to typeset em dashes surrounded by thin, say 1/4th en, spaces. To prevent a dash from starting a new line, the first space must be un- breakable. The second one must be discardable. Both spaces must be unstretchable. How to do it? The '\h' describption re