Hi Branden, On Sat Jan 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-01-04T01:23:02+0100, onf wrote: > [...] > > Speaking of the left italic correction (\,), could you please give me > > some example(s) where it's actually useful? I have yet to see a single > > instance where it changes anything... (I don't rule out the > > possibility that I may be using it incorrectly or that my fonts might > > be misconfigured, though.) > > Sure. I'm attaching an extract of groff_diff(7) in PDF, which not only > explains the issue but illustrates the problem it solves. [...]
Thanks! > > [...] > > My understanding is that Plan 9 from User Space is merely providing a > > port of the Plan 9 program. > > It's a whole OS! Give it credit... ;-) You misunderstood; I meant: Plan 9 from User Space is merely providing a port of the Plan 9 [troff] program. I know that Plan 9 is an OS. > > My impression of Plan 9's troff is that it's a poorly maintained > > descendant of DWB troff that's used only to format manpages. > > I wouldn't say _poorly_ maintained; its commit rate seems to match or > even exceed its defect rate. This could illustrate (1) low adoption or > (2) adequacy for the (limited?) purposes to which people apply it. [...] Which commit rate are you referring to? I thought the official sources are at https://plan9.io/sources/plan9/sys/src/cmd/troff/ ... or maybe you meant the 9front version? ~ onf
