[self-follow-up] Here's a quick note of self-correction to a point that is deep in the grit. linux-man readers can skip this unless they're concerned about full disclosure, or (against all odds) interested. At 2023-08-14T19:50:22-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Consider a three-character *roff input document. > > printf -- '-\\-\n' | groff -Tascii -Z > > The part where the glyphs are written out looks like this.[8] > > c- > C\- > [8] It actually doesn't. In GNU troff, the GNU extension command 't' > is used for sequences of non-overstruck ordinary characters when > supported by output drivers, and in AT&T device-independent troff, > the unnamed move-and-print command--a performance and storage > optimization tuned to the needs of machines in 1980 and explained > in CSTR #97--was used. But 'c' is simple, supported by all > device- independent troffs, and works. A sharp-eyed reader may detect the fact I hand-simplified the device-independent output, manually replacing the `t` command with a `c`. ...because I forgot to add in the horizontal motion for the glyph spacing. So I commented out the `tcommand` directive in the font/devascii/DESC file and solicited honest output. Here it is. $ printf -- '-\\-\n' | tg -Tascii -Z x T ascii x res 240 24 40 x init p1 x font 1 R f1 s10 V40 H0 md DFd c-H24 C\- h24 n40 0 x trailer V2640 x stop The foregoing page description language is documented in groff_out(5) and groff's Texinfo manual. https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/groff.html.node/gtroff-Output.html#gtroff-Output Regards, Branden
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