Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes

[Clarke Echols]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:

>   . It's better to say
>
>       .B "foo bar baz"
>
>     instead of
>
>       .B foo bar baz
>
>     Reasons:
>
>       (a) it's processed faster (no issue today, but...)
>       (b) it works with old troff also (which has a limit of
>           9 macro arguments)
Actually the limit was 6 macro arguments for man macros in the
1980s.  Those enclosing double quotes are very important if you
want to ensure that you don't lose words for an invisible reason
that can be very difficult to diagnose if you don't know how the
macros behave.

Clarke