Peter Schaffter wrote (Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:29:13
-0400):
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> >
> > > So there are two readily-available methods: varying
> > > letter-spacing, or varying inter-word spacing.
> >
>
> Not "or" -- "and". Most times, I opt for word-spacing adjustments.
Werner LEMBERG wrote (Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:44:19 +0100
(CET)):
> Well, *if* someone is going to implement a better line breaking
> algorithm, it should be the best available, and not a compromise.
> Changes are necessary in any case...
A clear word for mission statement. BTW.
> > Like Doug, I sm
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 07:10:23PM -0400, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014, Mike Bianchi wrote:
> > Peter, I don't understand the instructions, I guess, having never
> > mucked with fonts. I'm guessing I need more preparation than I
> > thought. Can you help?
> >
> >sudo ~/bin/i
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 03:15:13PM +0200, hoh...@arcor.de wrote:
>
> Peter Schaffter wrote (Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:29:13
> -0400):
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> > >
>
> > KP posits that the solution to getting it right is to scan the
> > whole paragraph. The number of words o
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 03:34:27AM -0500, Dave Kemper wrote:
>
> > But my fundamental complaint about Knuthian line-breaking is
> > that anything that takes 66 journal pages to describe can't be
> > right.
>
Most of the 66 pages are motivation, examples, and results.
The description of the algori
On 30/03/14 21:13, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Fixes for `uninstall' target.
>
> * Makefile.in (uninstall_dirs): Use `DESTDIR'.
A couple of minor concerns here:
1) DESTDIR is fundamentally broken, for installations on MS-Windows
hosts; not a big deal, I guess, provided the user performin
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014, Dave Kemper wrote:
> On 3/27/14, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> > Have you checked out the 'install-font.sh' script at
> >
> > http://www.schaffter.ca/mom/mom-05.html#install-font
> >
> > Takes about two seconds to install a font.
>
> I've used this script and I agree it's great
Ralph --
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Filtered through a simple sed script, the resulting mom file preserves
> > all of the semantics, has *no* low-level groff requests, and requires
> > exactly 4 trivial tweaks (to satisfy my personal aesthetics).
>
> OOI, do you code those tw
