From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, groff@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why does man(7) have 3 paragraph macros for the same thing? (was: `\c`, mdoc(7), and man(7) extension macros)
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:59:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZTrhMEj8JnmEQDQG@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231026160923.dmqjhapak3zuz3k7@illithid>
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Hi Branden,
On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 11:09:23AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> [self-correcting follow-up]
>
> At 2023-10-26T09:51:42-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > In ms(7), `LP` sets a paragraph that is left-aligned, and `PP` sets
> > one with a first-line indentation.
> >
> > In man(7), all (ordinary) paragraphs behave analogously to ms(7)'s
> > `PP`. A first-line indentation is never used.
>
> Sorry, brain fart here.
>
> In man(7), all (ordinary) paragraphs behave analogously to ms(7)'s `LP`.
> A first-line indentation is never used.
Hmm, then, since I don't like that name, either of PP and P sound good.
Being shorter, P seems the best one.
I'll probably change that soon.
Cheers,
Alex
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-26 21:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-25 18:54 [PATCH 1/2] man*/: srcfix G. Branden Robinson
2023-10-25 19:38 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-10-26 12:58 ` `\c`, mdoc(7), and man(7) extension macros (was: [PATCH 1/2] man*/: srcfix) G. Branden Robinson
2023-10-26 14:12 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-10-26 14:51 ` Why does man(7) have 3 paragraph macros for the same thing? (was: `\c`, mdoc(7), and man(7) extension macros) G. Branden Robinson
2023-10-26 14:58 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-10-26 15:28 ` G. Branden Robinson
2023-10-26 17:52 ` Why does man(7) have 3 paragraph macros for the same thing? Ingo Schwarze
2023-10-26 22:16 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-10-26 22:02 ` Why does man(7) have 3 paragraph macros for the same thing? (was: `\c`, mdoc(7), and man(7) extension macros) Alejandro Colomar
2023-10-26 16:09 ` G. Branden Robinson
2023-10-26 21:59 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2023-10-28 13:21 ` `\c`, mdoc(7), and man(7) extension macros (was: [PATCH 1/2] man*/: srcfix) G. Branden Robinson
2023-10-28 16:30 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-10-26 23:27 ` Ingo Schwarze
2023-10-27 0:51 ` Alejandro Colomar
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