Re: vim :hardcopy equivalent

[G. Branden Robinson]

[self-follow-up]

At 2024-07-24T13:28:04-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> I notice now that those claims about the margin sizes might be off by
> one vee; in my experience, a "margin" measures an extent of whitespace
> (or "negative space"), whereas the `sp` request positions the _text
> baseline_, and since glyphs are nearly always drawn at least in part
> _above_ the text baseline, text formatted at a vertical position of
> 0.5i from the top of the page actually encroaches into a "top margin"
> of one half-inch.
> 
> Often that's a fairly subtle point, but when trying to format a
> document to a national standard, it's important to use precise
> measurements, lest ruler-wielding enforcers come around to rap one's
> knuckles.
> 
> So I will review this material for correctness.

Sure enough, there were problems.  I've fixed them in my working copy
and you can expect them in my next push.  In the meantime, I am
attaching the corrected "hdfo.roff" example and a document that uses it.

Regards,
Branden

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