Re: [Groff] \[-+] not available? why?

2014-07-30 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
To me .char \[-+] \f[S]\v'.05v'\z+\v'-.3v'\-\v'.3v'\v'-.05v'\f[] looks better vertically aligned, but it's just a bikeshed. Many thanks for all replies. Anton

Re: [Groff] \[-+] not available? why?

2014-07-30 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Werner, > > Why is it useful to have nroff ignore a duff -T value and fall back > > as if it was unspecified? > > I can't remember... It's changed a bit over the years, but 2000's http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/src/roff/nroff/nroff.sh?id=e092fba45175220aeee4912da9e2b96228a798b

Re: [Groff] \[-+] not available? why?

2014-07-30 Thread Mike Bianchi
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 04:32:21PM +0100, Denis M. Wilson wrote: > Try something like > > .char \[-+] \f[S]\v'.1v'\z+\v'-.25v'\-\v'.25v'\v'-.1v'\f[] > > The spacing needs more fine-tuning, I don't have time at the moment. This seems to work ... .char \[-+] \f[S]\z+\v'-.35v'\-\v'.35v'\f[

Re: [Groff] \[-+] not available? why?

2014-07-30 Thread Ted Harding
On 30-Jul-2014 09:23:54 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > To me > .char \[-+] \f[S]\v'.05v'\z+\v'-.3v'\-\v'.3v'\v'-.05v'\f[] > > looks better vertically aligned, but it's just a bikeshed. > > Many thanks for all replies. > Anton Well, now that I can finally get round to it, Denis Wilson: .char \[-+]

Re: [Groff] \[-+] not available? why?

2014-07-30 Thread Mike Bianchi
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 01:40:55PM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: > : > The main difference, which I strongly recommend, is to use > 'm' rather than 'v' as the scale for the vertical motion. > The reason is that 1v is one line-space, which can be set > independently of the current point-size, whil

Re: [Groff] \[-+] not available? why?

2014-07-30 Thread Denis M. Wilson
On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:40:55 +0100 (BST) (Ted Harding) wrote: > On 30-Jul-2014 09:23:54 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > To me > > .char \[-+] \f[S]\v'.05v'\z+\v'-.3v'\-\v'.3v'\v'-.05v'\f[] > > > > looks better vertically aligned, but it's just a bikeshed. > > > > Many thanks for all replies. > >