Hi karthik,
At 2024-12-04T21:45:11+0530, karthik holla wrote:
> I am new to groff. Do we have support for Indian languages? I tried
> installing the required fonts using the script install-font.sh. But I
> am unable to get it to work.
As far as I know, no one has ever done any work to support Dev
Hi Doug,
At 2024-12-04T12:00:52-0500, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> I don't see this wording as an improvement:
>
> > .ne dAdvance drawing position to the next vertical
> >position trap and spring the trap, if it is
> >nearer than distance d (default scaling unit v).
>
>
Hi Steve,
At 2024-12-04T13:28:48-0500, Steve Izma wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 12:00:52PM -0500, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Differences in `ne` and `bp` line-breaking behavior
> >
> > I don't see this wording as an improvement:
> >
> > > .ne dAdvance drawing position to th
Hi Peter,
At 2024-12-04T14:46:00-0500, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> How about
>
> .ne d Spring the next vertical postion trap if it is nearer than
> distance d (default scaling unit v). In the absence of a
> trap, break to a new page if page bottom is nearer than d.
This is the ne
Hi Karthik,
if I understand correctly the scripts for Indian languages all require
extensive combination mechanisms for base consonants and accompanying
vowels which may be placed above, below or even *before* the consonant
nucleus of the syllable. Very similar is the Tibetan script which
borrows
I am new to groff. Do we have support for Indian languages? I tried
installing the required fonts using the script install-font.sh. But I am
unable to get it to work.
I don't see this wording as an improvement:
> .ne dAdvance drawing position to the next vertical
>position trap and spring the trap, if it is
>nearer than distance d (default scaling unit v).
The proposal uses nonstandard terminology ("drawing position"),
and is ambi
On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 12:00:52PM -0500, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> Subject: Re: Differences in `ne` and `bp` line-breaking behavior
>
> I don't see this wording as an improvement:
>
> > .ne dAdvance drawing position to the next vertical
> >position trap and spring the trap, if i
On Wed, Dec 04, 2024, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> I don't see this wording as an improvement:
>
> > .ne dAdvance drawing position to the next vertical
> >position trap and spring the trap, if it is
> >nearer than distance d (default scaling unit v).
>
> The proposal use
> Also .ne is effective in the absence of traps, a fact
> that groff(7) misses, too.
In groff at least, the page bottom acts like a trap,
consistent with register .t (distance to the next trap)
showing the distance to the page bottom in the absence
of any other (nearer) traps.
On Wed Dec 4, 2024 at 8:46 PM CET, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2024, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> > Also .ne is effective in the absence of traps, a fact that groff(7)
> > misses, too.
>
> How about
>
> .ne d Spring the next vertical postion trap if it is nearer than
> distance d
On Wed Dec 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM CET, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> I don't see this wording as an improvement:
>
> > .ne dAdvance drawing position to the next vertical
> >position trap and spring the trap, if it is
> >nearer than distance d (default scaling unit v).
>
> The p
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