Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2012-06-07

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

From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-07 11:58:15

Bjarni,

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason
[off-list ref] 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

quoted hunk
 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."

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Bjarni I. Gislason


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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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