Re: Proposed: make \X read its argument in copy mode

2024-01-22 Thread G. Branden Robinson
[self-follow-up] > Or: Should device control commands affect the environment? > > Recall the definition of the \X escape sequence from CSTR #54 (1992). > > 10.7. Transparent output. The sequence \X'anything' copies anything > to the output, as a device control function of the form x X anythi

Re: Tibetan fonts

2024-01-22 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Deri, At 2024-01-21T17:48:38+, Deri wrote: > Using the font suggested by Oliver (after installing it with Peter > Schafter's install-font.sh script) and using the latest unicode aware > pdf generation version of groff (awaiting release by Branden), I may be confused about what remains to b

Re: [TUHS] Re: Original print of V7 manual? / My own version of troff

2024-01-22 Thread Lennart Jablonka
Quoth G. Branden Robinson: I went ahead and write a little C/A/T-to-later-troff-output converter in v7-friendly and C89-conforming C: https://git.sr.ht/~humm/catdit This is an exciting prospect but I can't actually see anything there. I get an error. "401 Unauthorized You don't have the nec

Re: More on Tibetan, or rather: ligatures

2024-01-22 Thread Oliver Corff via
Hi Dave, yes, I did have a look at that section of the groff documentation, and I must confess that I read the text as non-exhaustive, meaning the five specific ligatures are built-in, with the option to increase the repertoire of ligatures. Never mind, character and string substitutions/interpo