Jason McIntyre writes: > On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 10:09:58PM +0000, cho...@jtan.com wrote: > > I had the ascii manpage open and while it was sitting there I thought > > that something looked off about it. I took a closer look and realised > > that the columns of symbols in the hexadecimal set are left of the > > octal and decimal sets by one character. > > > > The included patch moves a space character from after the symbol > > to after the hex digits so that all of the number columns in all > > sets are three digits/characters wide. > > > > I had the two open side-by-side for a while and it's very subtle > > but I think this looks a tiny bit neater. > > > > Matthew > > > > > hi. i agree that it looks off. but don;t you think that moving all the > columns but the first looks weird as well? why not line up the first > column so that the numbers match (i mean presume 3 digits for all > numbers to match, for example " 0" in the decimal set)? > > then everything would align, no?
I considered that but partway through the "make it as though they're really three digits" thought I realised that that argument was for numeric nerdery rather than visual aesthetics and stopped it. Perhaps prematurely but I tend to get carried away with the nerdery. It's probably OK with the hex set's digits indented by a space instead --- the decimal set's left margin is already not straight --- but at this point I've been looking at it too long to make a sound judgement. Matthew
