Re: [PATCH]: Set .lt to \n[.l] in papersize.tmac?

[Oliver Corff]

Hi Alexis,

I admit that the source files of the whole groff system have a structure
that in theory allows for apparently easy modifications, but this is not
what they are meant to be. The transparent source code is not an
invitation to edit.

Your modifications, in themselves, are plausible, but my suggestion is
you put them in a local macro which you source with

.so my_title_adjustment.roff

(or whatever you think is a feasible file name).

Best regards,

Oliver.


On 08/01/2024 15:19, Alexis wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I noticed that the default length of title lines (\n[.lt]) of 6.5i works
> well for letter sized documents but looks off for other orientations and
> paper sizes as the title left-part aligns with the page offset, but the
> title right-part does not align with the right text margin.
>
> Hopefully this example describes the issue technically well:
>
>    % for p in letter letterl a4; do \
>      echo -e ".tm paper: \*[paper]\n.tm .lt: \\\n[.lt]\n.tm .l:  \\\n[.l]\n.tm" 
> \
>      | groff - -dpaper=$p -Z >/dev/null; \
>    done
>    paper: letter
>    .lt: 468000
>    .l:  468000
>
>    paper: letterl
>    .lt: 468000
>    .l:  648000
>
>    paper: a4
>    .lt: 468000
>    .l:  451275
>
> To me setting the length of title lines to the line length in
> papersize.tmac (see attached patch) seems like a sensible solution to
> provide a good looking default for page orientations and paper sizes
> other than letter.
>
> What are people's thoughts on this?
> And what have I possibly overlooked that this isn't already the case?
>
>
> Best
> Alexis
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