Re: [groff] soelim: Ignoring Some ’so’ Requests

2018-08-20 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Jeff, > I think it’s better to use “'” than a space because what’s going on is > more readily apparent—at least to those who understand the idiom. And even to those that don't, it stands out more than whitespace, especially given whitespace after the `.' is more common these days for control-f

Re: [groff] soelim: Ignoring Some ’so’ Requests

2018-08-19 Thread Jeff Conrad
Ralph, > > 'so /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.m > > This probably wouldn’t be the preferred way of doing things anymore > > I see no reason to demote it. :-) I was getting more at using “.mso”, but for the example above, the file well might not be on the macro path. I think it’s better to use “'” than a s

Re: [groff] soelim: Ignoring Some ’so’ Requests

2018-08-19 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Jeff, > A traditional idiom for doing this was calling ‘so’ with the no-break > control character, e.g., > > 'so /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.m > > This probably wouldn’t be the preferred way of doing things anymore I see no reason to demote it. :-) soelim(1) from heirloom-doctools says Note that