Re: [address@hidden: Re: weird \s]

[Robert Thorsby]

On 05/04/20 11:42:37, Larry McVoy wrote:
> Doug and I talked about this off line.  Doug predates all versions of  
> roff, he watched it being developed and used it.  I think his opinion  
> matters.
>
> In the message below the "Am I wrong wanting" and the specs are me,  
> his response is below that.
>
> Anyone arguing for \sDD is just misguided.  If you want two things it  
> is \s(12, if you want N things, groff gave you \s[1234].
>
> Could we please just converge on this spec?  I'm old and tired but if  
> we can get agreement on this and noone wants to do the code I'll take  
> a swing at it.

While the cognoscenti continue to debate how many angels can stand on  
the head of a pin I am prepared to regard Larry & Doug as definitive.

Robert