Re: [Groff] fractional point sizes with -ms

[Jon Snader]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:48:59PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > Sounds OK to me.  The only other way I see is to add a register
> > to condition the division on:
> > 
> >     .ie \n[FRAC-PS] > 0 \
> >     .    ps (\n[PS]z / 100u)
> >     .el \
> >     .    ps \n[PS]
> > 
> > but your method is more transparent and certainly no more
> > objectionable than the above.
> 
> I think my suggestion has the advantage that you still can say
> 
>   .nr PS 10
> 
> which probably most -ms users are accustomed to.
> 

Yup, that's what I meant by more transparent--I agree with your
method.

> Has anyone ever seriously used a point size < 3pt or > 300pt?  The
> stress is on `seriously'.  I think this value is quite a useful
> threshold for interpreting values as fractional point sizes.
> 

Not me (used point sizes in those ranges).  It's hard to imagine
any real use for point sizes in those ranges, but perhaps I just
have insufficient imagination.  Unless someone strongly objects
or can cite a reasonable application, I think your threshold of
300 is fine.

jcs