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[Groff] Re: DESC problem
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
[Groff] Re: DESC problem |
Date: |
Fri, 01 Sep 2000 09:19:24 +0200 (CEST) |
Dear groff enthusiasts,
Ted and I both have a problem we can't solve. Please help.
I asked:
> If I look into a the `font' command DESC file, I usually see this:
>
> fonts 6 0 0 0 0 0 S
>
> or this:
>
> fonts 14 R I B BI 0 0 0 0 0 MI S EX CW CWI
>
> Now please tell me why there are the zeroes in it... Is there any
> reason except backwards compatibility with old UNIX troff versions to
> have this? To which shall we compatible? Is this documented?
Ted answered:
> I think the zeros may be redundant, I don't see the point of them,
> and I certainly never do anything which (as far as I know) might
> depend on them.
So we have no clue what's really going on.
Werner
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