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Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE
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Gunnar Ritter |
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Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:25:10 +0100 |
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Heirloom mailx 12.2pre 12/28/06 |
"Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > An examination of the CSRG archives shows that .Ds had been
> > defined in -mdoc as a "filled block display" in 4.3BSD-Reno,
> > but was deleted with 4.4BSD.
> >
> > Which DocBook tag should correspond to .DS?
>
> A *filled* block display?
Not really. I have misread the source code of mdoc.samples.7.
The definition of .Ds ends with .nf. The filled display is .Df.
> I have been translating it as an
> unfilled block, with a <literallayout> tag -- that's what the examples
> in my corpus seem to want, and the meaning it has in mm. It differs
> from .EX/.EE only in that it doesn't force the font to CW.
Then I do not understand why you deem it necessary, given that
.EX is introduced. A plain .nf would just do the same?
Gunnar
- Re: [Groff] Re: Simplifying groff documentation, (continued)
- Re: [Groff] Re: Simplifying groff documentation, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/27
- [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/27
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Meg McRoberts, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Clarke Echols, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE,
Gunnar Ritter <=
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/12/29
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/29
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Meg McRoberts, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Eric S. Raymond, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Meg McRoberts, 2006/12/28
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/12/29
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Zvezdan Petkovic, 2006/12/28