GNU eqn question/suggestion

2020-11-13 Thread Olle Lögdahl
Hello, new to mailing lists :p I have started using groff for writing mathematical papers. One question though, i cant seem to find any 'element of set' operator in the docs. Could this be a good feature to the project, or should i implement it myself. If so, how would one do that? If the an

Re: GNU eqn question/suggestion

2020-11-13 Thread Olle Lögdahl
I solved it. Most of the characters are documented in 'man troff_char'; element of set is '\[mo]'. Would it still be logical to expand the synax for eqn to add it as a keyword? On 11/13/20 1:00 PM, Olle Lögdahl wrote: Hello, new to mailing lists :p I have started using groff for writing mathe

Re: GNU eqn question/suggestion

2020-11-13 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020, Olle L?gdahl wrote: I solved it. Most of the characters are documented in 'man troff_char'; element of set is '\[mo]'. Would it still be logical to expand the synax for eqn to add it as a keyword? No. Do not over-complicate things. Keep it simple. Regards - Damian Pacif

Re: GNU eqn question/suggestion

2020-11-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-11-13T13:11:37+0100, Olle Lögdahl wrote: > I solved it. Most of the characters are documented in 'man > troff_char'; You mean "groff_char", I think, or you have an installation or distribution that I would like to hear more about. :) > element of set is '\[mo]'. Would it still be logical

Re: GNU eqn question/suggestion

2020-11-13 Thread Tadziu Hoffmann
> element of set is '\[mo]'. Would it still be logical to expand > the synax for eqn to add it as a keyword? I would just put something like define member % type relation \[mo] % define emptyset % \[es] % and so on into my own eqnrc file, then you can say .EQ x member emptyset .EN

Re: Release Candidate 1.23.0.rc1

2020-11-13 Thread Dave Kemper
The *roff concepts rewrite (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2020-10/msg00013.html) and the ms manual update (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2020-10/msg00165.html) aren't in this rc. Are they targeted for this release? Also, most of the hyphenation data imported from TeX (see http

Re: Release Candidate 1.23.0.rc1

2020-11-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-11-13T07:39:58-0600, Dave Kemper wrote: > The *roff concepts rewrite > (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2020-10/msg00013.html) and > the ms manual update > (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2020-10/msg00165.html) aren't > in this rc. Are they targeted for this release? The

Groff info manual section Section 5.1.3 Sentences should be changed to also mention that end of sentence characters are recognized when followed by two spaces

2020-11-13 Thread T. Kurt Bond
The Groff info manual Section 5.1.3 Sentences says groff only recognizes end of sentence characters at the end of line. Other places in the manual mention that recognition of end of sentence characters also happens when the followed by two spaces. Section 5.1.3 should be changed to mention that e

Re: Footnote line length ratio to current line length

2020-11-13 Thread T. Kurt Bond
Is there any chance of the footnote ratio change I discuss getting in the upcoming groff release? Should I add it as a bug at savannah.gnu.org? On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 11:53 AM T. Kurt Bond wrote: > groff_ms(7) says that changing the number register FL is effective at > the next footnote. That

Re: [groff] Odd indentation in -ms using .IP after .SH 1 with .nr PSINC 3p

2020-11-13 Thread T. Kurt Bond
Is there any chance of getting a fix for the following problem in the upcoming release of groff? Should I add it as a bug report on savannah.gnu.org? Did anyone try the patch from Tadziu Hoffman in the message at https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2018-08/msg00035.html ? On Fri, Aug 17, 20

Re: Release Candidate 1.23.0.rc1

2020-11-13 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Bertrand, Bertrand Garrigues via wrote on Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:04:05PM +0100: > Release candidate 1.23.0.rc1 is now available from GNU's alpha ftp. > The version can be downloaded here: > > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/groff/. I updated the OpenBSD port for testing purposes and ran the man