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groff_man.man: Some formatting changes in the manual
From: |
Bjarni Ingi Gislason |
Subject: |
groff_man.man: Some formatting changes in the manual |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 18:20:57 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
Groff Bug Report
GROFF VERSION: 1.22.2
'current-groff' from 12th October 2013
MACHINE: laptop i586
OS: Linux 3.2.46-1-rt67-1 (Debian)
COMPILER: gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2
INPUT FILES:
.../groff-current/tmac/groff_man.man
DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR OR DEFECTS IN (INPUT) SOURCE:
Changes:
- changed to \- if it means a minus
- changed to \- if it means an option
A full stop, that starts or ends a string, protected with \&
Paragraph, that has long words, only left adjusted (could also apply
to the whole file)
###
Patch:
--- groff_man.man 2013-11-14 17:02:35.000000000 +0000
+++ groff_man.man.new 2013-11-14 17:23:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Footers for even and odd pages are forma
Set distance of the footer relative to the bottom of the page if
negative or relative to the top if positive.
.
-The default is -0.5i.
+The default is \-0.5i.
.
.TP
.BI \-rHY= flags
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ default line length,
.B man
default initialization to 78n prevails),
whereas,
-the `-rLL=65n' option, or an equivalent `.nr\ LL\ 65n'
+the `\-rLL=65n' option, or an equivalent `.nr\ LL\ 65n'
request preceding the use of the `TH' macro,
.I does
set a line length of 65n.
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ which must take on a value between 1 and
.
The value
.I section
-may also have a string appended, e.g. `.pm', to indicate a specific
+may also have a string appended, e.g.\& `.pm', to indicate a specific
subsection of the
.IR \%man\~pages .
Both
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ For HTML output, headers and footers are
.
.IP
Additionally, this macro starts a new page; the new line number is\~1
-again (except if the `-rC1' option is given on the command line) --
+again (except if the `\-rC1' option is given on the command line) --
this feature is intended only for formatting multiple
.IR \%man\~pages ;
a single
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ macro is the macro used for the explanat
.B .TQ
The
.B TQ
-macro sets up header continuation for a .TP macro.
+macro sets up header continuation for a \&.TP macro.
.
With it, you can stack up any number of labels (such as in a
glossary, or list of commands) before beginning the indented
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ Local changes and customizations should
.
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.
+.ad l
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.
.PP
@@ -1135,7 +1136,7 @@ Local changes and customizations should
This manual page was originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux
system by
.MT address@hidden
-Susan G. Kleinmann
+Susan G.\& Kleinmann
.ME .
.
It was corrected and updated by
@@ -1145,7 +1146,7 @@ Werner Lemberg
.
The extension macros were documented (and partly designed) by
.MT address@hidden
-Eric S. Raymond
+Eric S.\& Raymond
.ME ;
he also wrote the portability advice.
.
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