URL:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56015>
Summary: Translation of bullet to MIDDLE DOT
Project: GNU troff
Submitted by: jeffconrad
Submitted on: Wed 27 Mar 2019 11:12:09 PM PDT
Category: Device - others
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Planned Release: None
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Details:
tty.tmac unconditionally translates \(bu to \(pc or \(md if either is
available.
.ie c\[pc] \
. tr \[bu]\[pc]
.el \
. if c\[md] \
. tr \[bu]\[md]
This seems a strange choice Under any conditions, this seems a strange choice
versus the more common approximation of an asterisk or the venerable ‘+’
overstruck with a lowercase ‘o’; the middle dot and math dot are small,
barely visible, and bare little resemblance to a bullet. The choice is
absolutely bizarre when a true bullet is available.
Is this possibly an artifact of pre-devutf8 days? Even if it is decided to
keep the unusual dots when a true bullet is unavailable, Would it not make
more sense in general to have something like
.if !c\[bu] \{\
. ie c\[pc] \
. tr \[bu]\[pc]
. el \
. if c\[md] \
. tr \[bu]\[md]
.\}
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