[patch], mdoc(7): Fixing a warning and a table

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig-2945IVfuVpf1P9xLtpHBDw@public.gmane.org>]

Package: man-pages
Version: 3.40
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

  From "groff -ww ..." (or "man --warnings=w ..."):

<groff: mdoc.7>:294: warning: tab character in unquoted macro argument

  In one table the distance between columns is too small in the
"ps" output.  (Bug in the groff "doc.tmac" macro?)

  Patch:

--- mdoc.7	2012-04-26 22:58:40.000000000 +0000
+++ mdoc.7.new	2012-05-11 13:57:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -201,7 +201,10 @@
 Options:
 .Bl -tag -width flag -compact
 .It Ar List-types
-.Bl -column xbullet -compact
+.\" The width "xbullet" is too small in the "ps" output.
+.\" Spaces to increase the width result in too little space in
+.\" the "ps" output (bug in the groff <= 1.21 "doc.tmac" macro?)
+.Bl -column xbulletM -compact
 .It Fl bullet Ta "Bullet Item List"
 .It Fl item Ta "Unlabeled List"
 .It Fl enum Ta "Enumerated List"
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@
 .ne 1i
 .Ss Manual Domain Macros
 .Bl -column "Name" "Parsed" Callable" -compact
-.It Em Name	Parsed	Callable	Description
+.It Em "Name	Parsed	Callable	Description"
 .It Li \&Ad Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Address. (This macro may be deprecated.)"
 .It Li \&An Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Author name."
 .It Li \&Ar Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Command-line argument."

-- 
Bjarni I. Gislason
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