On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM, walter harms
> according to the man page (i hope that m$ did not break specs) that means
> the "mode" argument
> is wrong. perhaps you can add a message like:
> /* adjust to your needs !*/
> fprintf("fdopen mode(%s):%s",mode,strerror(errno));
>
>
> I just looke
Hi,
If this was Linux, we'd just strace(1) the pipeline and see what the
kernel was being asked to do for starters. I don't know if something
like
http://www.intellectualheaven.com/default.asp?BH=projects&H=strace.htm
would be any use on Vista. It may show precisely where the temporary
file is
> Using .\|.\|. is too "spread out", but the \^ space looks very nice,
> and is much simpler.
>> Note that the effect depends on the font. In particular, in a
>> fixed-width font (like Courier Roman, \f[CR]), your "..." will
>> come out with each dot spaced on by the fixed width of a character,
>
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
>
> > Using .\|.\|. is too "spread out", but the \^ space looks very nice,
> > and is much simpler.
>
> >> Note that the effect depends on the font. In particular, in a
> >> fixed-width font (like Courier Roman, \f[CR]), your "..." will
> >> come out w
I use ... to break up sentences in advertising copy, headlines, and such
for direct-response copy and web pages.
When I use ellipses, I always place a space on both sides which gets the
same width as other spaces on the same line. By using .\^.\^., I get
similar spacing to that provided by the F
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:43:13AM +0300, Efraim Yawitz wrote:
> > src\libs\libgroff\tmpfile.cpp:179:
> >
> > FILE *fp = fdopen(fd, FOPEN_RWB); // many callers of xtmpfile use binary
> > I/O
> >
> > and this already says what the mode is, i.e. "w+", which should be
> perfectly legal.
Actually, o
2009/6/22 Ralph Corderoy
>
> Hi,
>
> If this was Linux, we'd just strace(1) the pipeline and see what the
> kernel was being asked to do for starters. I don't know if something
> like
> http://www.intellectualheaven.com/default.asp?BH=projects&H=strace.htm
> would be any use on Vista. It may sh
> Looking back further than just a few years ago, we find that
> texts set in metal (hot and cold) tended to use the full word
> space out of pure convenience. Individually adjusting the
> dots in an ellipsis was simply too much fussy work...
Hmmm. I have no experience with metal type, but I th
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:54:27PM +0200, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> :
> > [...] since typographers and designers had never been happy
> > with the full word space [...]
>
> Any citations on this? The typophile forum seems divided
> on the issue. Chicago apparently specifies a 1/3 em space
>
On 22-Jun-09 21:37:31, Mike Bianchi wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:54:27PM +0200, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
>> > [...] since typographers and designers had never been happy
>> > with the full word space [...]
>>
>> Any citations on this? The typophile forum seems divided
>> on the issue. Chica
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