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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-16 14:27:27 -0600 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-18 19:07:28 -0600 |
| commit | 4f8e25d291070e5827e29ad2a271463e03247a32 (patch) | |
| tree | 25cd0bfe0825f14d7380c6b0a466e2d7285dae72 /NEWS | |
| parent | 6809861d6bbd1fb959af799a9899f45aad1c1f98 (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-4f8e25d291070e5827e29ad2a271463e03247a32.tar.gz | |
[ms]: Make default typesetter line length 6.5i.
* tmac/s.tmac (par@load-init): Do it.
* doc/groff.texi (ms Document Control Settings):
* doc/ms.ms (Document control settings):
* tmac/groff_ms.7.man (Document control settings): Document it.
* tmac/tests/s_honor-MINGW-when-two-columns.sh:
* tmac/tests/s_mark-column-start-correctly.sh: Update test expectations.
* NEWS: Add item.
Also tweak ms.ms document:
* Widen required line length in nroff mode; unfortunately the new
parenthesized terminal defaults and footnote markings fattened the
document settings table by two ens.
* Reduce type size of Courier-using columns by one point in same table.
* Annotate same table with pseudo-footnotes.
* Bump document date.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -464,6 +464,12 @@ o The s (ms) macro package supports new macros `XN` and `XH` to ease the without requiring retyping of the heading text as the package previously encouraged. Thanks to Keith Marshall. +o The s (ms) macro package now uses a default line length of 6.5 inches + by default, resulting in 1-inch left and right margins. When the + "papersize.tmac" package is used by employing the "-d paper" groff(1) + option on typesetting devices, the default page offset and line length + are adjusted to maintain these margins. + o The "a4.tmac" file has been dropped from the distribution. Its successor, "papersize.tmac", has been present and documented for nearly 20 years. See subsection "Paper format" of groff(1). |