From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: bensberg@justemail.net Message-Id: <1314125747.31287.140258132893109@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: "Benno Schulenberg" To: kerolasa@gmail.com Cc: "Karel Zak" , "util-linux" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_----------=_1314125747312870" References: <20110815141948.GH2038@nb.net.home><1313485424.19019.140258130122469@webmail.messagingengine.com><20110816104652.GA14535@nb.net.home><1313831405.14363.140258131741205@webmail.messagingengine.com><1314045499.25233.140258132498281@webmail.messagingengine.com> Subject: Re: man-pages and usage() howto In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:55:47 +0200 List-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_----------=_1314125747312870 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:55:47 -0400 X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:15 +0200, "Sami Kerola" wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 22:38, Benno Schulenberg = wrote: > > (I do not understand your comment about some macros not being > > visually different from plain .B or .I.) >=20 > Either my term, groff or pager is/are broken, or I have wooden eyes or > the different highlights do not stand out, see yourself: >=20 > http://ut3.org/~kerolasa/groff-highlight.png >=20 > What I tried to say; Do not get fooled that different macros will look > different so that you can refer visually in between different text > elements. Hmm, maybe you misunderstand what for example the .BI macro does? It does not mean "bold _plus_ italic" but "alternate bold and italic". And= it does that perfectly. See for example the attached example file. > > Another thing: the man page formatter itself puts a double space after a > > period when in the man page source the next sentence begins on a new > > line. =C2=A0So when in the source a new sentence begins somewhere midli= ne, > > it should use a double space before its initial letter. >=20 > Are you sure it does that? Yes, it does that here, on Ubuntu Lucid 10.10, with man 2.5.7. > See the screenshot notes section third > paragraph line two, words `macros. See' has only single space in > between them. Yes, but in the source it says "appropriate groff macros. See" on a single line. When you put the "See" on a line by itself, you wil see two spaces appear before it. See the attached example file. > Even there would be two spaces I do not agree that groff > input writer should imitate output. It should be enough that words and > sentences are white space separated, groff will take care the rest. Well, being a doublespacer myself, I notice it when some sentences are single-spaced and others double; it irks. But never mind. Regards, Benno --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. --_----------=_1314125747312870 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="junk.1" Content-Id: <27823e43a21d8ba7339a67a44053ab633769411f@messagingengine.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="junk.1" X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 3.027 (F2.77; A2.06; B3.08; Q3.08) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:55:47 -0400 LlRIIEpVTksgMSAiVG9kYXkiICJFeGFtcGxlIiAiU3BhY2lvdXNuZXNzIgou U0ggTkFNRQpqdW5rIFwtIGRvIG5vdGhpbmcKLlNIIERFU0NSSVBUSU9OCi5C IGp1bmsKZG9lcyBub3RoaW5nLgpKdXN0IHNob3cuClRoYXQuCkFmdGVyLgou UFAKRWFjaCBwZXJpb2QuClBsdXMgbmV3bGluZS4KRm9sbG93IHR3byBzcGFj ZXMuCi5TSCBGT1JNQVRUSU5HCi5QUAouQlIgXC5CUlwgIGFsdGVybmF0ZVwg IGJvbGRcICBhbmRcICBub3JtYWxcICBhbmRcICBzb1wgIG9uXCAgYW5kXCAg c29cICBvbgouUFAKLkJJIFwuQklcICBhbHRlcm5hdGVcICBib2xkXCAgYW5k XCAgaXRhbGljCi5QUAouSUIgXC5JQlwgIGFsdGVybmF0ZVwgIGl0YWxpY1wg IGFuZFwgIGJvbGQKLlBQCi5JUiBcLklSXCAgYWx0ZXJuYXRlXCAgaXRhbGlj XCAgYW5kXCAgbm9ybWFsCi5QUAouUkIgXC5SQlwgIGFsdGVybmF0ZVwgIG5v cm1hbFwgIGFuZFwgIGJvbGQKLlBQCi5SSSBcLlJJXCAgYWx0ZXJuYXRlXCAg bm9ybWFsXCAgYW5kXCAgaXRhbGljXCAgYW5kXCAgc29cICBvblwgIGFuZFwg IHNvXCAgb24K --_----------=_1314125747312870--