Re: Proposed: Rename "scaled points" + Rationale behind "scaled points"

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi onf, At 2025-02-10T18:23:14+0100, onf wrote: > 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 > > >

[off-topic] game theory and macroeconomics (was: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage)

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2025-02-16T04:37:46+0100, onf wrote: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOvAbjfJ0x0 > > Take note that (IIRC) the conclusion of research surrounding the > Prisoner's Dilemma has been that the best strategy is to reciprocate, > but also sometimes forgive. Yes. The conclusion of the video, IIR

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-02-16T04:19:20+0100, onf wrote: > > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > With the quotation marks, it seemed to lie toward the "mind-reading" > > > end of the speculative continuum. > > > > Tha

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2025-02-16T04:19:20+0100, onf wrote: > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2025-02-16T03:50:30+0100, onf wrote: > > > Seems like you are assuming bad faith where there is none. I was > > > not trying to characterize your train of thought. > > > > With the quotat

Re: [PATCH v1] CONTRIBUTING.d/style/c: Add coding style for the example programs

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2025-02-09T03:48:33+0100, onf wrote: > On Sun Feb 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM CET, onf wrote: > > [...] > > TL;DR: > > With the default settings, a tab essentially translates into a > > horizontal motion. [...] > > This is because tab stops are related to the beginning of a paragraph > > rather than the

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
Hi Branden, On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-02-16T03:50:30+0100, onf wrote: > > Seems like you are assuming bad faith where there is none. I was not > > trying to characterize your train of thought. > > With the quotation marks, it seemed to lie toward the

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-02-16T02:44:12+0100, onf wrote: > > Seems like you found yourself in a familiar situation: > > "This under-documented code seems stupid. Was the person who wrote it > > really that stupid, or am I missing something?" > > Pr

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi onf, At 2025-02-16T03:50:30+0100, onf wrote: > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2025-02-16T02:44:12+0100, onf wrote: > > > Seems like you found yourself in a familiar situation: > > > "This under-documented code seems stupid. Was the person who > > > wrote

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM CET, onf wrote: > > [The GNU pic(1) page unfortunately is one of our "diff" pages (like eqn(1)) > > [...] > > [...] > Then there is also eqn(1): I can't read...

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2025-02-16T02:44:12+0100, onf wrote: > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2025-01-29T00:57:19-0400, sebastien peterson boudreau wrote: > > > The quotes for `i'th and `i+1'th are very important because the > > > parser will reject input that uses two right/neutr

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-01-29T00:57:19-0400, sebastien peterson boudreau wrote: > > The quotes for `i'th and `i+1'th are very important because the parser > > will reject input that uses two right/neutral quotes/apostrophes. > > You're right! Back i

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Sebastian, I'm sorry it's taken a while to follow up with you. At 2025-01-29T00:57:19-0400, sebastien peterson boudreau wrote: > The quotes for `i'th and `i+1'th are very important because the parser > will reject input that uses two right/neutral quotes/apostrophes. You're right! Back in No