On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:17:08 -0500, Matt Giwer wrote:
>	At some point I am going to have to ask if you are interested in
>helping the man with his question or counting coup on me. You do have a
>feel for why Tex filled seven thick volumes before whatisname gave up? 

I could ask the same question.  I'm so interested in how text works that 
I've actually written POV macros to determine kerning and leading and other
interesting properties you can't get from a single letter, and I was the
original author of the min_extent and max_extent patches that are instrumental
in getting that information in the first place.  What have you done lately?

I am trying to help the man with his question.  You gave advice that could 
lead to less-than-perfect-looking results, and I tried to bolster it with 
a small suggestion.  That you took it as a personal insult is a sign of your
character flaw, not mine.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

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