Re: [groff] 02/11: [docs]: Update discussion of `ss` request.

2023-05-20 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-05-19T21:30:31-0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > Regarding the conventional space width, this patch added this > parenthetical: > > > current font's space width (usually one-third em for Western scripts) > > But this claim is not reflected in the data for the fonts shipped with > groff for the t

Re: units used in `ss` request (was: device-dependent warnings)

2023-05-20 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-05-13T12:52:06-0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > On 5/13/23, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > >> At 2023-05-10T12:28:02-0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > >> > And I just learned (or maybe relearned) this is a deviation from > >> > AT&T troff's .ss units, which are a fixed 1/36 em. > > > > I am beginning to