On 10/5/21, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> The behaviour is documented in the info manual and a workaround
> is provided,
Hmm, well, sort of. I opened http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60820
because the behavior seemed undocumented. I see now that the .sp
section of the manual has example y-from-top-down
On Thu, Oct 07, 2021, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2021-10-06T00:31:56-0400, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> > I believe groff needs a dedicated request for unambiguous absolute
> > spacing
.
> I didn't play with your demo yet, but the first thing that comes to my
> mind is that a _request_ might not b
At 2021-10-06T00:31:56-0400, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> I've been frustrated by groff's absolute spacing (.sp |) for
> decades.
>
> First off, is calculated from the first baseline of the
> vertical spacing currently in effect when .sp | is called, not
> from the top edge of the printer medium or P
I've been frustrated by groff's absolute spacing (.sp |) for
decades.
First off, is calculated from the first baseline of the
vertical spacing currently in effect when .sp | is called, not
from the top edge of the printer medium or PDF/PostScript display.
The behaviour is documented in the info m
