Re: groff_mm : problems with .DS

[Anton Shepelev]

Damian McGuckin:

> The bug is that while
>
>                      .DS 1
>
> uses the standard indent,
>
>                      .DS 1 1
>
> does NOT use the standard indent.

Let  us  maybe share some examples of a) the current
and b) the expected behavior.  This e-mail  is  for-
matted using mm, with 52 characters per line and the
`Si' number register set to 3.  With  the  latest[1]
version  of  mm,  the problem I described earlier is
not longer present.  For `.DS 1` I get:

   payload payload payload payload payload payload payload payload payload...

-- a single long  line,  indented  on  the  left  by
\n(Si.   The  right  indent  makes  no sense because
there is no filling.

And for `.DS 1 1` I get:

   payload payload payload payload  payload  payload
   payload  payload  payload payload payload payload
   payload payload payload payload

-- a block of text indented by  \n(Si  on  the  left
with the line length decreased to maintain the right
margin.  As you see, in both cases mm respects \n(Si
in  the  determination of the left indent.  There is
no contradiction. Do you observe the  same  results?
If not, please retest with the latest version.
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1. http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.22.4.tar.gz