Follow-up Comment #12, bug #66103 (group groff): At 2024-09-14T13:17:52-0400, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > regarding po4a macros - I'm also sometimes learning by Martin Quinson > (maintainer of po4a) reply to my bug reports there.The best source I know of > is Locale::Po4a::Man(1).
Ah, thanks--I had poked my nose all over perlpod and podlators stuff.
> Thanks for handling the ISO/IEC reference.
>
> As you reopend this, I notice the following when updating the markers in
> manpages-l10n:
>
> Wouldn't it be the following correction:
>
> B<-r\\ >I<cnumeric-expression> -> B<-r\\ c>I<numeric-expression>
> i.e. put the "c" into the bold part as well, as it is not part of the
numeric
> expression? Or did I misunderstand your rationale?
No. "c" is a parameter and so is "numeric-expression".
It has for decades been possible to do the following with *roff
formatters.
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
@boot
New Boot, known devices are hp ht rk rl rp tm vt
: rl(0,0)rl2unix
mem = 177856
# Restricted rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure
is subject to restrictions stated in your contract with
Western Electric Company, Inc.
Thu Sep 22 22:20:25 EDT 1988
login: dmr
$ echo '.tm n=\nn' | nroff -rn1+2+2+1
n=6
In the foregoing, "n" is a single-letter register name. I could have
chosen "a", "z", or more exotic possibilities, some of which would have
required escaping in a shell command.
Regards,
Branden
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