Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin Subject: Re: Bug in `.ux' macro in 2.11 doc/tmac.n USENET TROFF macros ; fix Message-ID: <539@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Tue, 23-Dec-86 19:01:21 EST Article-I.D.: brl-sem.539 Posted: Tue Dec 23 19:01:21 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Dec-86 00:06:18 EST References: <785@smeagol.UUCP> <786@smeagol.UUCP> <788@maynard.BSW.COM> Organization: Electronic Brain Research Lab Lines: 10 Keywords: troff doc/tmac.n 2.11 Xref: mnetor news.software.b:141 news.admin:92 In article <788@maynard.BSW.COM>, campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell) writes: > Now, it seems to me that the macro is just plain incorrect. According > to the troff manual, \u and \d move 1/2 em up or down. The definition > of an em is three times the current point size. So to balance a \u, > the \d should be made at the same point size as the \u. An EM is the point size horizontally. Essentially, it is a square blank character. -Ron