[Groff] [bug] fractional point sizes and the ms macros

[P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia]

At 02:45 p.m. 03/04/2002 +0200, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:

> Since groff allows fractional point sizes, the register
> ".s" returns point sizes as decimal numbers.  Eqn tries
> to saves these sizes in normal number registers which,
> however, can hold only integers and therefore truncate
> the value.  Thus, when the point size is restored from
> such a saved value (for example, after an inline equation),
> we end up with a different size than we began with if a
> non-integer pont size was in effect before.

I wonder if this is related to the limitations of font size in ms.

Try the attached test files. You'll notice that:

1. You can't set fractional font sizes. (And sizes can be nothing different 
to 10, 11, or 12 point size).

2. You can't use any kind of dimensional unit, therefore you can't use 
relative point nor absolute point sizes.

And the me macros... Are even worse!

I can use fractional sizes with the mm macros soo...

test3.ms
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test2.ms
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test1.ms
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