Re: .RS

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hi ALex,

On 11/13/20 11:15 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On 11/13/20 9:52 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> [...]
>>> Do you know why is that?
>>
>> Hmmm -- I don't know. I was going to ask, doesn't s/>RS 4/.RS +4n/
>> fix the problem? But I see that it does not.
> 
> No; I tried many things, but I didn't find a solution.
> So, we'll have to keep using .in, right?

It looks that way to me.

>> By the way, your comments (\") actually cause the rendered
>> output to change, as far as I can see! In particular,
>> the \" on the final .RE leads to some strangeness:
>>
>> [[
>> .IP * 2
>> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit,
>> sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>> Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris
>> nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
>> .\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>> .IP             \" Indent is 2n after this
>> .in +4n         \" Indent is 6n after this
>> .EX
>> I am indented 6n from normal paragraphs.
>> .EE
>> .in             \" Return to normal
>> .\"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>> .IP *
>> Augue interdum velit euismod in pellentesque.
>> Tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
>> Gravida arcu ac tortor dignissim convallis.
>> .\"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>> .IP             \" Indent is 2n after this
>> .RS 4
>> .EX
>> I am indented 4n from normal paragraphs!!!
>> .EE
>> .RE             \" nom
>> .\"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>> .PP
>> Augue interdum velit euismod in pellentesque.
>> ]]
>>
>> Gives:
>>
>> [[
>>        * Lorem  ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
>>          eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.   Ut
>>          enim  ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris
>>          nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
>>
>>              I am indented 6n from normal paragraphs.
>>
>>        * Augue interdum velit euismod in pellentesque.  Tristique  senec‐
>>          tus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.  Gravida arcu
>>          ac tortor dignissim convallis.
>>
>>            I am indented 4n from normal paragraphs!!!
>>
>> Augue interdum velit euismod in pellentesque.
>> ]]
>>
>> No indent at all on the final line!
> 
> Hmm that's weird.  I added the comments in the email, so I didn't test them.

Branden could not reproduce, and now I can't either. So I must have
messed up. Ignore my comments please.

Thanks,

Michael

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