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From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Rationale for .PD 0 in old commit
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:26:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6b34f96a-7930-3338-e286-c17fad67b5e3@gmail.com> (raw)

Hello Michael,

I'd like to know, if you happen to remember it,
the rationale for using [.PD 0] + [.RS] + [.TP 24]
in perf_event_open.2.

It was added in commit 2b538c3e5380cbe81a5c053cd183788e3a13f0cb.

I guess it's related to the fact that
there are too many levels of indentation,
but is it really needed?
I think everything fits correctly in an 80-column terminal
without needing that workaround.

Is it maybe for other than terminals?

May I remove those in my attempt to simplify and standardize the markup?

Thanks,

Alex

             reply	other threads:[~2020-11-12 22:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-12 22:26 Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) [this message]
2020-11-12 22:30 ` Rationale for .PD 0 in old commit Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2020-11-13  7:17   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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