From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 05a9f6a4 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:32:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 97738A21B6; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:32:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36E9D94BB2; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:31:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 08E4C94BB2; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:13:25 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 346 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:13:24 AEST Received: from maxima.cs.uwlax.edu (unknown [138.49.30.14]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10ABF94113 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:13:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by maxima.cs.uwlax.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D17C31075E2; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:07:38 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at maxima.cs.uwlax.edu Received: from maxima.cs.uwlax.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (maxima.cs.uwlax.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ayOUD1JgrlJ0; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:07:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.1.12] (69-179-7-75.dyn.centurytel.net [69.179.7.75]) by maxima.cs.uwlax.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A99CF31075D8; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:07:37 -0500 (CDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) From: Milo Velimirovic In-Reply-To: <20181027122834.GA97675@indra.papnet.eu> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:07:30 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <201810271159.w9RBxZaQ124546@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <20181027122834.GA97675@indra.papnet.eu> To: Angelo Papenhoff X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Reconstructed and newly set UNIX Manual X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > On Oct 27, 2018, at 7:28 AM, Angelo Papenhoff wrote: >=20 > On 27/10/18, Doug McIlroy wrote: >>> Now it could be that v7 troff is perfectly capable of generating the >>> manual just like older troff would have. >>=20 >> On taking over editorship for v7, I added some macros to the -man >> package. I don't specifically recall making any incompatible >> changes. If there were any, they'd most likely show up in >> the title and synopsis and should be fixable by a minor tweak >> to -man. I'm quite confident that there would be no problems >> with troff proper. >=20 > I didn't mean the macros. They are not problematic at all. > It's the idea how much a point is compared to an inch that has > changed over time i think. >=20 > aap =46rom my experience in the world of prepress 723pts =3D=3D 10in. Then Adobe unleashed PostScript on us and redefined the point so that 72pt =3D=3D 1in. I=E2=80=99m unaware of any other definitions of a point. -Milo=