Re: [vhdl-200x] LRM Code Example Fonts

From: Ray Andraka, Andraka Consulting Group, Inc <ray_at_.....>
Date: Wed Dec 13 2006 - 09:16:58 PST
I think that is a good idea.  I've always used a fixed width font for 
the code examples in my material because the proportional fonts often 
lose alignment of comments.

At 11:31 AM 12/13/2006, Jim Lewis wrote:

>Hi,
>Currently IEEE-SA is producing SGML as well as pdf for standards.
>In the past, VHDL code examples have been in a proportional font.
>To get the spacing right for VHDL code examples in SGML, we need
>to change the font to a fixed-width font, such as courier.
>
>Unless there are any strong objections, the plan is to change
>all VHDL code examples starting with P1076C (VHDL + VHPI)
>to use courier.  An example of this is posted at the
>following link.  Note that the example is for draft 3.2
>(so it has more current revisions):
>
>http://www.eda-stds.org/vasg/Clause1_3_2.pdf
>
>Cheers,
>Jim
>VASG Chair
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