Re: [groff] Fonts, PDF images, groff vs. heirloom troff

2019-01-31 Thread Roy Fisher
Hi aksr, On 1/30/19 8:52 PM, aksr wrote: I was wondering, what do you think about Neatroff, what are in your opition its pros and cons? I like the organization, the no-nonsense coding style, and the general avoidance of unnecessary bloat and useless features. It looks like a good platform.

Re: [groff] [patch] modernize -T ascii rendering of opening single quote

2019-01-31 Thread Jeff Conrad
> On Thu, Jan 31 2019 at 02:14:13 PM, Ingo Schwarze > wrote: > > i just submitted the following patch to the groff bugtracker: > > > > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?55616 > > > > The (identical) rationale and patch are reproduced below for > > convenience. > > Bertrand Garrigues wrote

Re: [groff] Announcement and call for project submissions

2019-01-31 Thread James K. Lowden
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:58:54 +0100 Ingo Schwarze wrote: > That's a clear case of a cultural clash. While i (not that surprising > for an OpenBSD developer) like a concise and direct communication > style that doesn't use polite circumlocutions, i do realize that > such a style can cause communic

Re: [groff] [patch] modernize -T ascii rendering of opening single quote

2019-01-31 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I've always found the rendering of the asymetrical single quotes > like `this' quite odd, so I vote for. Many years ago, in the age of bitmap fonts, they *were* symmetric. However, the symbols are *intentionally* asymmetric today to avoid confusion with real quote characters. That I still use

Re: [groff] [patch] modernize -T ascii rendering of opening single quote

2019-01-31 Thread Bertrand Garrigues
Hi Ingo, On Thu, Jan 31 2019 at 02:14:13 PM, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > i just submitted the following patch to the groff bugtracker: > > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?55616 > > The (identical) rationale and patch are reproduced below for > convenience. > > I'm posting this heads-up just

[groff] [patch] modernize -T ascii rendering of opening single quote

2019-01-31 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi, i just submitted the following patch to the groff bugtracker: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?55616 The (identical) rationale and patch are reproduced below for convenience. I'm posting this heads-up just in case anybody wants to raise a concern that i overlooked. Of course, OKs