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Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE
From: |
Eric S. Raymond |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:56:22 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.4.2.2i |
Meg McRoberts <address@hidden>:
> I do like mm's .ne functionality -- this allows the writer to specify
> that the next <x> lines need to stay together on a page -- it might force
> a page break if there isn't enough space left on the page, but it won't
> force a page break if there is room. But .DS/DE get really problematic
> in a world where the output varies so greatly.
I agree that the "keep on one page" feature of .DS becomes pretty meaningless
in an HTML world. Then again, man-page displays tend to be very short, so it
might not really be an issue if we tried to take that requirement seriously.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, (continued)
- 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, 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, 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 <=
- 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
- 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, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/29
- 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, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/29
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Gunnar Ritter, 2006/12/29
- Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/12/29