Re: [Groff] CVS diff for tbl expanded column enhancement

[Ted Harding]

On 12-Oct-08 20:58:19, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> I have attached for review the CVS diff for the three files that I
>> modified to implement the expanded column feature for tbl.  This
>> feature was present in the last AT&T release of DWB (troff, tbl,
>> etc).
> 
> I'm going to add this, finally (and sorry for the large delay!)
> 
> However:
> 
>> The AT&T version used the key letter modifier "x" or "X" to specify
>> which column was to be expanded, but since in tbl 1.19.1 the "x/X"
>> modifier has been consumed to support user-defined macros, I
>> implemented it using the key letter "y/Y".
> 
> I think that backwards compatibility is more important, and I would
> thus like to switch those letters.  What do you think?
> 
>      Werner

I would be inclined to preserve compatibility! Is there a problem
with using "m/M" for macros? (more mnemonic, for a start).
Ted.

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Date: 12-Oct-08                                       Time: 22:33:28
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