Path: csiph.com!goblin2!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Dave Newsgroups: gnu.groff.bug Subject: [bug #54101] documentation for .ss either incorrect or incomplete Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:21:37 -0400 (EDT) Lines: 31 Approved: bug-groff@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20180612-014621.sv93119.14895@savannah.gnu.org> <20180613-095243.sv93119.92228@savannah.gnu.org> <20180616-170511.sv108747.63960@savannah.gnu.org> <20180616-133428.sv93119.4912@savannah.gnu.org> <20180616-235027.sv108747.41913@savannah.gnu.org> <20180618-061236.sv93119.46396@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-020849.sv108747.13198@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-020906.sv108747.30605@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-022001.sv108747.42904@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-024038.sv108747.99596@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-221442.sv108747.71097@savannah.gnu.org> <20200508-042137.sv93119.89972@savannah.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1588929699 11447 209.51.188.17 (8 May 2020 09:21:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: "G. Branden Robinson" , Dave , bug-groff@gnu.org Envelope-to: bug-groff@gnu.org X-PHP-Originating-Script: 1001:sendmail.php X-Savane-Server: savannah.gnu.org:443 [2001:470:142::72] X-Savane-Project: groff X-Savane-Tracker: bugs X-Savane-Item-ID: 54101 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 X-Apparently-From: 2605:a601:ab42:5b00:d79a:70a3:b6a4:34bf (Savane authenticated user barx) In-Reply-To: <20200507-221442.sv108747.71097@savannah.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: bug-groff@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for the GNU version of nroff, troff et al" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <20200508-042137.sv93119.89972@savannah.gnu.org> X-Mailman-Original-References: <20180612-014621.sv93119.14895@savannah.gnu.org> <20180613-095243.sv93119.92228@savannah.gnu.org> <20180616-170511.sv108747.63960@savannah.gnu.org> <20180616-133428.sv93119.4912@savannah.gnu.org> <20180616-235027.sv108747.41913@savannah.gnu.org> <20180618-061236.sv93119.46396@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-020849.sv108747.13198@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-020906.sv108747.30605@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-022001.sv108747.42904@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-024038.sv108747.99596@savannah.gnu.org> <20200507-221442.sv108747.71097@savannah.gnu.org> Xref: csiph.com gnu.groff.bug:1839 Follow-up Comment #10, bug #54101 (project groff): [comment #9 comment #9:] > Fixed, as in documentation rewritten, in 866bc203326528237f08f7debe9061ba8f430e1e. This commit contains some great improvements to the entire .ss section of the manual. But it doesn't fix the specific problem cited in this bug report. The core problem is that when adjusting, groff stretches word spaces and not sentence spaces, yet the documentation states (or at least strongly implies) groff may stretch both. The original problematic sentence (as documented in comment #0) was "In fill mode, the values specify the minimum distance." The values in question are the two parameters to .ss, only one of which (in current groff) is actually a minimum distance; the other is a fixed distance. The cited commit recasts this sentence as "When adjusting, the values specify minimum distances." While overall a better wording, it retains the inaccuracy of the original. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/