From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DBCFC433EF for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:56:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22CA861050 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:56:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235062AbhILM55 (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:57:57 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44002 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233339AbhILM55 (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:57:57 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x42c.google.com (mail-wr1-x42c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42c]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF6E7C061574 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:56:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x42c.google.com with SMTP id u16so10176533wrn.5 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:56:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=to:cc:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DEsxTkp0UPMlew7fqpm8n9NXBAtpsA4PD9L9nXOF3u0=; b=AgmrDGO8KHKBmVSMV6iaTCP6VNgox4V7FvIcAaR/h4wu2E76oQ560rT+BCc4CUdXR5 O04L1HIw/Tu2NpbKbRkEuY6mbH/iQWAjTOfDRCI546/q4u6S3AAnZJwSBcTGkdjzBjKo VO2MLaZH4+88pPssqE5ab12yzwSEHly/o3dTou11BtB+6GHtu9UwBPpLt41+SyfjCJzp 9swr9Y0fzfoOZOMDplrdsdQN4gJVFMLTaj4apn4K1vgTAvtPBrSDlSXYnPDjvNPcClvt VWGVJOqiO4+cZ8XRo/9g/2+4tIY7D7QEoSW3nGSkc9XAsW+jwY1DNGay8nw+MWt5Gk9+ kjmA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:to:cc:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DEsxTkp0UPMlew7fqpm8n9NXBAtpsA4PD9L9nXOF3u0=; b=uLhxWV9b7+bbZmKeG/wReTYOCmLo80fOX4Z7DodQPBH7kvQfXqiiLNhSSkaJa6s0qp GmbL99QRzY7nwLKi7l6Fxo/1nFxqJes2I/8Bkox4jFs2OzuzTAa/6o+TnZ8cEaciMVN0 I3Iz5MpNykTkY6f83CP82/e3UE+uHsKE67pzAySZCJadH9k8WS3ulfRGmv+M+e0RuDPn cV3P3FfKlKdN/xyolI+2ki4ux+eHIKO9nTp/hJ+Tegelpx2ToLbfad3gk06SorN5NrG7 HitSi7rW1Gw5c12r5UA32NXJMMpK4Hfy2J/5/hujfmFKypuZaWXUa9ctLrJ96ZkLC7qL GnzQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533eMGfDtaGgWdhlF+vcgEMqk9OMnBdPeC2Lm3Gj5yTYnBYEgY4f hDu1mNv242hNUJ+73XAEowUQzXmC62I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzSTelG9jHa5BeOoWV7LTHoC7Mw1DRpN/55gTaE68hnP6ny1HuMpzeXc2++Uz7MFcWbB0YRDg== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4f88:: with SMTP id d8mr7528665wru.358.1631451401347; Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:56:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.8.0.10] ([195.53.121.100]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j20sm4592629wrb.5.2021.09.12.05.56.40 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:56:40 -0700 (PDT) To: "G. Branden Robinson" Cc: groff@gnu.org, linux-man From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" Subject: .B, .I disable hyphenation? Message-ID: Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 14:56:39 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi Branden, Usually, when a manual page highlights a term, either in bold or italics, it usually is a special identifier (macro, function, command name or argument), for which hyphenation can hurt readability and even worse, turn it into a different valid identifier. What about disabling hyphenation for .B and .I? Are there any inconveniences in doing so that I can't see? Thanks, Alex -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/