On Mon Feb 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM CET, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> > AT&T troff stores font size in points. This means it
> > converts the argument to .ps from whatever unit it's in
> > (default is points) to basic units and then divides that
> > by the size of 1 point.
>
> Did AT&T troff actually allow the argument to .ps to be
> in anything other than points?  The Manual says:
>
>   The default scaling is m for the horizontally-oriented
>   requests and functions ll, in, ti, ta, lt, po, mc,
>   \h, \l, and horizontal coordinates of \D; v for the
>   vertically-oriented requests and functions pl, wh, ch, dt,
>   sp, sv, ne, rt, \v, \x, \L, and vertical coordinates of
>   \D; p for the vs request; and u for the requests nr, if,
>   and ie. *All* other requests ignore any scale indicators.

Speaking of ignoring scale indicators, I wonder why `cs` still
ignores them in groff? Seems similar to `ps`...

~ onf

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