From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Debian-exim@smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de [129.13.185.217]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4AJZuwS002144 for ; Mon, 10 May 2010 13:35:57 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hekate.usta.de (asta-nat.asta.uni-karlsruhe.de [172.22.63.82]) by smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de with esmtp (Exim 4.63 #1) id 1OBcKM-0005qO-2X; Tue, 11 May 2010 01:23:58 +0200 Received: from donnerwolke.usta.de ([172.24.96.3]) by hekate.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1OBcKM-0003ui-0l for discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv; Tue, 11 May 2010 01:23:58 +0200 Received: from hera.usta.de ([172.24.64.3]) by donnerwolke.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBcKM-0001WA-0E for discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv; Tue, 11 May 2010 01:23:58 +0200 Received: from schwarze by hera.usta.de with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1OBcKL-0006k9-C2 for discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv; Tue, 11 May 2010 01:23:57 +0200 Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 01:23:56 +0200 From: Ingo Schwarze To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: Re: It -column \tab terminal punctuation. Message-ID: <20100510232356.GD12994@usta.de> References: <4BE7EF4C.9030509@bsd.lv> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-discuss Reply-To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4BE7EF4C.9030509@bsd.lv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Hi Kristaps, Kristaps Dzonsons wrote on Mon, May 10, 2010 at 01:34:36PM +0200: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2010-05/msg00018.html Especially following Tadziu Hoffmann's explanation in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2010-05/msg00020.html , ... > .It a ) ] ;b ) ] ;c ) ] ; > a)] ; b)] ; c)]; > ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ... I tend to consider that as a bug in groff. Considering the space character an argument delimiter but not considering a tab character an argument delimiter, put mildly, violates the principle of least surprise, in particular given that the tab character separates more strongly in roff than the space character in other respects. > a)]; b)]; c)]; That seems reasonable indeed. Yours, Ingo -- To unsubscribe send an email to discuss+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv