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Re: [Groff] pic: No white space allowed between . and PS?
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Tadziu Hoffmann |
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Re: [Groff] pic: No white space allowed between . and PS? |
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Mon, 3 Nov 2014 22:25:52 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
> > That gtroff allows those spaces is an extension to the
> > original troff spec, and in gpic it was simply not
> > implemented to date.
> Maybe I get you wrong, but spaces between . and macronames
> are possible in any *roff. (I don't know if it is written
> in the spec...)
You're right about this and I was wrong. I'd never realized
this is something also allowed by AT&T [nt]roff because it's a
feature I never use myself. But it's documented in the User's
guide since at least 1979, and the oldest nroff version I have
access to (nroff on VAX ULTRIX 4.5) does indeed support it.