On Thu Oct 10, 2024 at 1:22 AM CEST, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> [...]
>
> The value of printf(1) lies not in its firepower (which is indeed
> supercharged for many [most?] shell applications) but its
> _predictability_.
>
> printf(1) is a POSIX invention because of an old BSD vs. System V
> confl
Hi Doug,
At 2024-10-09T18:48:11-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> > > "printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -mandoc -Z - "
> >
> > [...]
> > The foregoing is also revealing of a low level of sophistication with
> > printf(1).
>
> True. But why harness marginal feaures for such small benefi
> > "printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -mandoc -Z - "
>
> [...]
> The foregoing is also revealing of a low level of sophistication with
> printf(1).
True. But why harness marginal feaures for such small benefit? Unrewarding
sophistication should be disparaged, not flaunted. I would s
Hi Deri,
At 2024-10-09T16:08:58+0100, Deri wrote:
> On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 12:57:47 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Maybe I felt like somebody who just endured a blitz of 1,000
> > warnings...
> >
> > troff:./utp_ix.t:4034: warning: cannot select font 'CW'
> >
> > ...that he didn't care
On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 12:57:47 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Maybe I felt like somebody who just endured a blitz of 1,000 warnings...
>
> troff:./utp_ix.t:4034: warning: cannot select font 'CW'
>
> ...that he didn't care about. 😅
>
> Regards,
> Branden
Hi Branden,
I noticed you fixe
[re-sending, slightly modified, to list]
Hi onf,
At 2024-10-09T00:04:07+0200, onf wrote:
> On Tue Oct 8, 2024 at 3:31 AM CEST, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > At 2024-10-07T23:00:59+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > "printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -m
