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

[John Gardner]

> It seems that your input now works as you expected.  Is that correct?

Indeed. I'll let you know if I encounter any further errors.

Thanks for the speedy fix!

On Wed, 8 Sept 2021 at 01:15, G. Branden Robinson <
g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>