Hi Branden,
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2025-02-09T03:48:33+0100, onf wrote:
> > On Sun Feb 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM CET, onf wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > TL;DR:
> > > With the default settings, a tab essentially translates into a
> > > horizontal motion. [...]
> > >
At 2025-02-09T03:48:33+0100, onf wrote:
> On Sun Feb 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM CET, onf wrote:
> > [...]
> > TL;DR:
> > With the default settings, a tab essentially translates into a
> > horizontal motion. [...]
> > This is because tab stops are related to the beginning of a paragraph
> > rather than the
[CC += Ingo]
Hi Branden,
On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 06:45:31PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/tmac/an.tmac?h=1.23.0#n162
Hmmm. What would be affected by changing that default? Does it affect
anything other than a literal tab in source code? I
On Sun Feb 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM CET, onf wrote:
> [...]
> TL;DR:
> With the default settings, a tab essentially translates into a
> horizontal motion. [...]
> This is because tab stops are related to the beginning of a paragraph
> rather than the beginning of an output line as one would expect.
>
> T
Hi Branden & Alex,
On Sun Feb 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> [...]
> At 2025-02-08T23:57:07+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 11:44:43PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > > Personally, I prefer tabs for actual programming. But for manual
> > > pag
Hi Alex,
At 2025-02-09T00:59:50+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 05:46:19PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > _If_ you advise the use of tab characters _only_ when filling is
> > disabled, as, apropos of the Subject line, is the case in
> > (displayed) code examples, yo
Hi Branden,
On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 05:46:19PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> _If_ you advise the use of tab characters _only_ when filling is
> disabled, as, apropos of the Subject line, is the case in (displayed)
> code examples, you should be fine.
Yes, I'm proposing using tabs exclusivel
[looping in groff list because I bring up grotty *roff details]
(in both senses of "grotty"!)
Hi Alex,
At 2025-02-08T23:57:07+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 11:44:43PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > Personally, I prefer tabs for actual programming. But for manual
