Re: *roff `\~` support (was: [PATCH 4/6] xattr.7: wfix)

2022-08-12 Thread G. Branden Robinson
[self-follow-up] At 2022-08-12T17:10:35-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2022-08-12T16:30:01+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > > There are people using Plan 9 for practical work though, they have > > even occasionally posted on the groff and mandoc lists, so that is a > > bit more of a problem. p

*roff `\~` support (was: [PATCH 4/6] xattr.7: wfix)

2022-08-12 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Ingo, At 2022-08-12T16:30:01+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > G. Branden Robinson wrote on Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 03:17:14PM -0500: > > At 2022-08-11T14:48:51+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > >> Alejandro Colomar wrote on Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 03:28:03PM +0200: > > >>> I'd like to arrive to some consensu

Re: [TUHS] Re: pic

2022-08-12 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2022-08-12T00:46:57-0600, arn...@skeeve.com wrote: > "G. Branden Robinson" wrote: > > > Oh surely. I just don't know what sources those would be, exactly; > > > presumably some derivative he's been shepherded all these years? I > > > wonder what it is > > > > Per Kernighan's _Unix: A Histor

Re: Using tbl(1) for structure definitions

2022-08-12 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Alejandro, Alejandro Colomar wrote on Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 05:58:32PM +0200: > Since I'm not 100% convinced by any of the ways to format structure > definitions in SYNOPSIS, I'm going to go for the status quo. Since > there weren't any structure definitions (at least that I know of) in > S

Re: Using tbl(1) for structure definitions

2022-08-12 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Hi Ingo and Branden, Since I'm not 100% convinced by any of the ways to format structure definitions in SYNOPSIS, I'm going to go for the status quo. Since there weren't any structure definitions (at least that I know of) in SYNOPSIS before my introduction, I'll go for what was used in DESCR

Re: Using tbl(1) for structure definitions

2022-08-12 Thread Ingo Schwarze
G. Branden Robinson wrote on Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 04:46:12PM -0500: > At 2022-08-11T15:47:38+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: >> Alejandro Colomar wrote on Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 10:09:44PM +0200: >>> I must say that the source code is really ugly (ugly as in, >>> someone reading it will probably have a h

Re: [PATCH 4/6] xattr.7: wfix

2022-08-12 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Branden, G. Branden Robinson wrote on Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 03:17:14PM -0500: > At 2022-08-11T14:48:51+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: >> Alejandro Colomar wrote on Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 03:28:03PM +0200: >>> I'd like to arrive to some consensus on usage of \~ and '\ '. >> In manual pages, always us

Re: using groff/troff in producing academic journals

2022-08-12 Thread Thomas Dupond
Robert Marks wrote: > Dear All, > > I have added two files (a source file sourcepr, and its processed PDF file > sourcepr-3.pdf) > in the directory https://www.agsm.edu.au/bobm/groff/ > > This is a slideshow for a presentation; it uses eqn, grap, and tbl, with > some unusual fonts for display.

Re: using groff/troff in producing academic journals

2022-08-12 Thread Robert Marks
Dear All, I have added two files (a source file sourcepr, and its processed PDF file sourcepr-3.pdf) in the directory https://www.agsm.edu.au/bobm/groff/ This is a slideshow for a presentation; it uses eqn, grap, and tbl, with some unusual fonts for display. Enjoy, Robert Marks -- https://www