Re: [Groff] The case against the case against .EX/.EE & .DS/.DE

[Eric S. Raymond]

Meg McRoberts <address@hidden>:
> I do like mm's .ne functionality -- this allows the writer to specify
> that the next <x> lines need to stay together on a page -- it might force
> a page break if there isn't enough space left on the page, but it won't
> force a page break if there is room.  But .DS/DE get really problematic
> in a world where the output varies so greatly.

I agree that the "keep on one page" feature of .DS becomes pretty meaningless
in an HTML world.  Then again, man-page displays tend to be very short, so it
might not really be an issue if we tried to take that requirement seriously.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>