Re: PROPOSED: semantics for an output line length of zero

[G. Branden Robinson]

Hi John,

At 2021-09-07T23:22:13+1000, John Gardner wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the issue here. For the purposes of
> line-wrapping and word-breaking, `.ll 0` is essentially the same as
> `.ll 1u`... isn't it?  Even in situations when a typesetter's quantum
> of motion accommodates at least a single character, the output is
> still the same; i.e.,
> 
> I am \n[.l]u long.
> 
> yields
> 
> I
> am
> 1u
> long.
> 
> but also
> 
> I
> am
> 0u
> long.
> 
> Am I missing something?

Perhaps not, now that I've pushed a change to clamp the line length to
the horizontal resolution of the output device[1].

It seems that your input now works as you expected.  Is that correct?
If so, I reckon we can close Savannah #61117.

Regards,
Branden

[1] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61116
    
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/commit/?id=6e19da2ab0e360d5e48e5ef93ed32e6d703535a5

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