[bug #59605] [PATCH] [ms] Add FR string variable to modify the footnote line length ratio to the current line length

[Dave]

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #59605 (project groff):

[comment #3 comment #3:]
> Ooh, burn.

OK, that could be phrased more tactfully than what I wrote.

11/12 is such an idiosyncratic default that I have to wonder about its
origins.  One coder's personal preference that he didn't realize would remain
enshrined into law four decades on?  A requirement for a specific journal?  A
practical joke gotten out of hand?

The story of how it then got corrupted to 5/6 must be equally compelling. 
History Channel should do a special.

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