Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros

2018-08-12 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi, Yves Cloutier wrote on Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 04:10:32PM -0400: > So there is no parsing here. This is program source code. That makes little difference - so instead of writing a parser, you have to implement the functions, which is probably a similar amount of code to write. > Why do my own

Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros

2018-08-12 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Yves, > The other part to this answer is that I like to know how things work. Yes, me too. > So lthis is partially me learning how to typeset with groff, without > relying on macros. That's good, but I understand there's a lot of subtleties involved in getting good typography and you might w

Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros

2018-08-12 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Yves, > In viverra finibus neque, sit amet venenatis augue elementum nec. > .br > .sp > .ll -5 > .in +3 > .ti -1 > 1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Note your `.ti' amount isn't taking into account the width of `1. ' and adjusting for `10. ' as far as we can tell. Th