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

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Bjarni,

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason
<bjarniig-2945IVfuVpf1P9xLtpHBDw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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?)

Thanks. Applied for 3.42.

Cheers,

Michael


>  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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