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Re: Two trivial questions


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: Two trivial questions
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:56:50 +0000

Hi Dave,

> Yeah, in fact, groff ignores numbers following several marks of
> punctuation besides the comma, and warns about none, even with all
> warnings turned on.
...
> $ printf '.ps 12@5\nword\n' | groff -Z -ww | diff - test.out | wc
>       0       0       0
>
> > Sounds like a bug.
>
> Bug, or undocumented commenting feature?  Groff also happily ignores
> any additional parameters given to .ps:
>
> $ printf '.ps 12 some garbage\nword\n' | groff -Z -ww | diff - test.out | wc
>       0       0       0

Bug.  CSTR 54 doesn't allow it, nor does
    info groff 'Changing Type Sizes' | less

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.



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