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To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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Subject: Re: Fx and Os macros (was: Re: [yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp:
	 .Fx and .Os macros in groff, FreeBSD]) 
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Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 14:35:14 +0900
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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>>>We should fix these macros in time for 3.1-RELEASE.  Would you do it,
>>>or shall I?
>>
>>Well, I'd like to see if there's anyone who knows why the macros
>>were the way they were ("because nobody really knew *roff" is a
>>likely answer) and if there's a reason not to make this kind of
>>change...
>
>I see wosch, pst, and mpp touched these macros from time to time,
>according to cvs logs.  They may know something.
>
>Kazu

As 3.1-RELEASE is coming up very soon, I would commit my original
patch, which keeps the same style as the current code, as an interim
measure. Then, we should go for your better solution once we hear from
the others why the current code is the way it is, and it becomes clear
that there is no good reason to keep the current style of the code.

Kazu


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