Re: [Groff] underlining

2014-07-12 Thread hohe72
Ralph Corderoy wrote (Sat, 12 Jul 2014 14:15:41 +0100): > Hi Holger, > > > Doug McIlroy: > > > (1) Does white space get decorated? > > > > Yes. So it can be distinguished from multiple underlinings. > > Don't quite understand what you mean here? I guess Doug was thinking > of the difference

Re: [Groff] underlining

2014-07-12 Thread Mike Bianchi
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 02:21:58PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Actually, why not? I'd like to argue that request names carry with > > them an "implied contract" as to their function, and "ul" stands for > > underline, so that's what it should be used for. It _does_ stand for "underline", in

Re: [Groff] underlining

2014-07-12 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Tadziu, > Actually, why not? I'd like to argue that request names carry with > them an "implied contract" as to their function, and "ul" stands for > underline, so that's what it should be used for. Is it really worth the hassle of having .ul mean three things instead of just two? Also, it s

Re: [Groff] underlining

2014-07-12 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Holger, > Doug McIlroy: > > (1) Does white space get decorated? > > Yes. So it can be distinguished from multiple underlinings. Don't quite understand what you mean here? I guess Doug was thinking of the difference between .ul and .cu in nroff. > > (2) How about punctuation? > > When part