Re: [Groff] Correct protocol for making changes

[Eric S. Raymond]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>:
> > But trailing spaces should be safe with 'l' justification (and 
> > leading spaces with 'r') except in the odd circumstance that 
> > the spaces happen to extend past the tab point due to some 
> > wacky point-size change.  I think.
> 
> Well, it can make the results uglier.  For example, this
> 
>   .TS
>   tab (@);
>   l l.
>   address@hidden
>   address@hidden
>   .TE
> 
>   .TS
>   tab (@);
>   l l.
>   address@hidden
>   xxx  @yyy
>   .TE
> 
> gives
> 
>   xxx   yyy
>   xxx   yyy
> 
>   xxx     yyy
>   xxx     yyy

Sorry, I'm not seeing a problem here. As long as both tables have
left-aligned problems, what's the issue?
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>