Re: [RFC] input.cpp: Remove use of strncat(3)

[dropping Larry from Cc because we don't appear to have significant common ground in this discussion] I had this mentally queued for reply; thanks, Dave, for writing and prompting me to finally shift on it. :) At 2022-12-09T15:52:11-0600, Dave Kemper wrote: > I have no opinion about this particu

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden (was: preferred /proc//xxx style?)

At 2022-12-09T22:10:34+, Deri wrote: > On Friday, 9 December 2022 21:09:57 GMT Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > $ dict deriliction > > No definitions found for "deriliction", perhaps you mean: > > gcide: Dereliction > > wn: dereliction > > moby-thesaurus: dereliction > > > > And yes, derelictio

Re: Dynamic Paperlength for PS or PDF device

Hi John, > .\" A4 portrait > .pagesize 8.3i 11.7i ... > .\" A4 landscape ... > .pagesize 11.7i 8.3i May as well be precise with 21c and 29.7c? -- Cheers, Ralph.

Online Dictionaries. (Was: words (and commands) that I learnt...)

Hi John, > > Your emails are the reason I know and often use dict(1). > > Branden's e-mails are the reason I consult the Oxford English > dictionary Given the open-source bias of this list's readers, I recommend Wiktionary. I've used dict(1) for a very long time and OED if I'm giving a reference

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden

Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones, but one is a noun and the other a verb: "I use to horde definitions" Robert Marks, a colleague of John Quiggin's. -- https://www.agsm.edu.au/bobm 0407665644

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden

> > Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones FFS, I keep getting those spellings mixed up. Thank you. :D On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 at 21:29, Robert Marks wrote: > Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones, but one is a noun and the > other a verb: > "I use to horde definitions" > > Robert Mar

Re: Dynamic Paperlength for PS or PDF device

> > May as well be precise with 21c and 29.7c? Shit, did I really give A4 in Freedom Units™? My bad. I'm pinning this on sheet sleep deprivation and football fever. Staying up to 2:00am AEDT to watch the World Cup, then another at 6:00am—several times a week—has me running on fumes. I have 4.5 h

Re: Online Dictionaries. (Was: words (and commands) that I learnt...)

> > Wiktionary […] isn't too hard to edit once you've made one or two changes. > I know , don't worry. ;-) Wiktionary often gives translations, is multi-lingual, though they quite > rightly put English first :-), and isn't too hard to edit once you

Footie. (Was: Dynamic Paperlength for PS or PDF device)

Hi John, > I sure as shit aren't gonna miss England taking on France. Yes, should be fun. Les rosbifs and the Frogs have been sparring partners quite a few times over the centuries. Including The Hundred Years War. Makes me smile every time I see Waterloo Station is the terminus for Eurostar t

Re: Online Dictionaries. (Was: words (and commands) that I learnt...)

On Dec 10, 2022, at 9:00 AM, John Gardner wrote: > > I'd attribute my preference for Oxford to my innate hatred of Yanklish (U.S > English), but in truth, it's really because OED is bundled with macOS's > Dictionary.app […] I apologize for being nit-picky, but the OED is not bundled, the ODE is

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden

* On 2022 10 Dec 07:56 -0600, John Gardner wrote: > > > > Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones > > > FFS, I keep getting those spellings mixed up. Thank you. :D It's a penchant of collectors to hoard a horde of whatever interests them. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden

Hi John, Nate wrote: > > > Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones > > > > I keep getting those spellings mixed up. > > It's a penchant of collectors to hoard a horde of whatever interests > them. If you want a mnemonic, affect hoard effect horde -- Cheers, Ralph.

Re: Dynamic Paperlength for PS or PDF device

Hi, Thanks for all the suggestions. But I think my question is misunderstood. I needed to let grops know how long my groff page is Not knowing in advance what the length of my groff page would be. ... So that's why i use the ".tm \\n[nl]" macro from groff to output the exact length of the grof

Closed gardens (was: [RFC] input.cpp: Remove use of strncat(3))

Hi! On 12/10/22 09:55, G. Branden Robinson wrote: If I were in charge, I veto these sorts of commits and fix the problems if/when they arise and have a cleaner history. "These sorts" is a broad and ill-defined classification. We know how these work in practice; the guy in charge is an oracle.

Re: Closed gardens (was: [RFC] input.cpp: Remove use of strncat(3))

On 12/10/22 21:06, Alejandro Colomar wrote: which took them to fame.  I still have a medicine book written by a Roman, which a kid could understand.  If I were to read a paper about medicine written today... good luck. I forgot to refer to it. It's

Small error in install-font from Peter Schaffter

I found a small error in the install-font script of Peter Schaffter from the mom macros Link: https://www.schaffter.ca/mom/bin/install-font.sh The generated internalname is missing a "-" between font family and font-style For instance, for the font FreeSerifBoldOblique.otf FreeSerifBI the interna