@eschwartz,
Thanks for the trouble of the reply. Appreciated.
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This issue has been brought up numerous times, and Kovid is adamant that his approach is correct. This will not change."
Well, a policy statement. Fine enough for me. I am used to that approach dealing with upper management of the international monopoly I retired from.
I enquire no further. It is what it is. You make a good suggestion. I will keep my good code in storage and only feed helpless clones of it into Calibre's jagged jaws...