* Rationale for .PD 0 in old commit
@ 2020-11-12 22:26 Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2020-11-12 22:30 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
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From: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) @ 2020-11-12 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages); +Cc: linux-man
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
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* Re: Rationale for .PD 0 in old commit
2020-11-12 22:26 Rationale for .PD 0 in old commit Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
@ 2020-11-12 22:30 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2020-11-13 7:17 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) @ 2020-11-12 22:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages); +Cc: linux-man
On 11/12/20 11:26 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
> 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
>
Ahhhh, It removes some unwanted blank lines, doesn't it?
Great!
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* Re: Rationale for .PD 0 in old commit
2020-11-12 22:30 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
@ 2020-11-13 7:17 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2020-11-13 7:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages); +Cc: mtk.manpages, linux-man
Hi ALex,
On 11/12/20 11:30 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
>
>
> On 11/12/20 11:26 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
>
> Ahhhh, It removes some unwanted blank lines, doesn't it?
Yes.
Thanks,
Michael
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
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