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Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro
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M Bianchi |
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Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro |
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:19:01 -0400 |
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 05:50:28PM +0200, Gunnar Ritter wrote:
> M Bianchi <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 01:52:04AM +0200, Gunnar Ritter wrote:
> > > :
> > > All variants of the original -mm which I have seen so far
> > > have been very similar. It is likely that they all use the
> > > :p register in the same way.
> >
> > One definition of backward compatibility is "All Bugs Are Preserved".
>
> Err - but where is the bug here?
No, not that I am aware of. I was attempting a joke/turism.
> > So I ask the question of the group:
> >
> > Do we want to implement "backward compatibility" of undocumented
> > things like the number register :p in the groff package?
> >
> > I vote no.
>
> I personally do not care. I will always keep "my" variant
> of -mm ...
> :
> Gunnar
I count that as an "abstain" vote.
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- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, (continued)
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Luke Kendall, 2007/09/18
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Tadziu Hoffmann, 2007/09/19
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Bob Diertens, 2007/09/20
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/09/20
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, M Bianchi, 2007/09/20
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/09/20
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, M Bianchi, 2007/09/20
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/09/20
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Clarke Echols, 2007/09/20
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/09/17
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro,
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- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Luke Kendall, 2007/09/17
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, M Bianchi, 2007/09/17
- Re: [Groff] RE: Small bug in groff 1.19.2 footnote number contro, Nick Stoughton, 2007/09/17