Re: [9fans] ctype(2)

Re: [9fans] ctype(2)

[C H Forsyth]

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man -t 2 ctype | page -w
should look all right

if you're using plain man, nroff relies on reverse line feed
to implement .2C/.1C (something like that)

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Mine too.

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From: Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: [9fans] ctype(2)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:15:59 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0301220913390.3037-100000@athena>

My ctype(2) man page has formatting errors in the function list.

Can anyone else verify this or do I have a (system) personal
problem?

Cheers,

Sam

Re: [9fans] ctype(2)

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

C H Forsyth wrote:
> man -t 2 ctype | page -w
> should look all right
> if you're using plain man, nroff relies on reverse line feed
> to implement .2C/.1C (something like that)

My $0.02 worth:  Either the terminal emulation should support this
or else the "man" command should in default mode post-filter the
nroff output.  The user shouldn't be expected to type more than
"man whatever" for a reasonably formatted help page.

Re: [9fans] ctype(2)

[Dennis Ritchie]

I played with this a bit. There was a command 'col'
in earlier Unix distributions and probably even in
earlier Plan 9 that did interpret these the
reverse line-feeds.  The 10th edition version
of col.c compiles and works in Plan 9 (with ape),
but the result isn't perfect: the last line of
the 2-col list of functions overlays the
DESCRIPTION header.

Probably there is some bug in troff -n,
the tmac.an macros, or col, given that
the rendering is fine in the troff version.
It also turns out that adding a .PP to the
ctype man page source, just after the
.C1 and just before .SH DESCRIPTION, fixes the
col rendition.

I'll be happy to supply col.c publicly or
privately if there is interest.

	Dennis

[9fans] ctype(2)

[Sam]

My ctype(2) man page has formatting errors in the function list.

Can anyone else verify this or do I have a (system) personal
problem?

Cheers,

Sam

Re: [9fans] ctype(2)

[Fco.J.Ballesteros]

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Mine too.

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From: Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: [9fans] ctype(2)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:15:59 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0301220913390.3037-100000@athena>

My ctype(2) man page has formatting errors in the function list.

Can anyone else verify this or do I have a (system) personal
problem?

Cheers,

Sam

Re: [9fans] ctype(2)

[rob pike, esq.]

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That's nroff thinking it's writing to a model 37 TTY.

-rob

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Mine too.

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From: Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: [9fans] ctype(2)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:15:59 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0301220913390.3037-100000@athena>

My ctype(2) man page has formatting errors in the function list.

Can anyone else verify this or do I have a (system) personal
problem?

Cheers,

Sam

Re: [9fans] ctype(2)

[Aharon Robbins]

Does this mean that Plan 9 finally supports /dev/tty ?
(:-)

In article <7f35ee877eca40ab435eeeb4326d0703@mightycheese.com>,
rob pike, esq. <9fans@cse.psu.edu> wrote:
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>That's nroff thinking it's writing to a model 37 TTY.
>
>-rob
>
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>Mine too.
>
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>My ctype(2) man page has formatting errors in the function list.
>
>Can anyone else verify this or do I have a (system) personal
>problem?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Sam
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