From: igor@9lab.org
To: 9front@9front.org
Cc: igor@9lab.org
Subject: Re: [9front] usb(3) patch
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:22:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <65ED76F7654551B63A97751B216B408F@9lab.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8B46E0A98BD2712374CA9527E736B5F7@musolino.id.au>
Quoth Alex Musolino <alex@musolino.id.au>:
> > The print version of usb(3) contains a verbatim `delim $$` at
> > the top of the page. Remove it as it looks like a mishap that
> > occurred during a bulk import (see `git/log /sys/man/3/usb`.
>
> No, this is required. It is setting the delimiter for eqn(1). Have a
> look at /sys/man/3/usb:369. Without setting the delimiter this part
> is ignored by eqn(1) and rendered incorrectly when viewed with page
> (e.g. `man -P 3 usb`).
Ah, yeah. Thanks for the explanation.
I realise I did not accurately state where I saw the issue, namely
with the printed version of the manuals. There, at the top of the
page there is a verbatim `delim $$` printed, here a picture:
• https://9lab.org/img/plan9/random/usb3.man.book.jpg
Need to repro the typesetting steps of the book and see what
happened there…
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-20 23:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-19 23:59 igor
2021-06-20 11:28 ` Alex Musolino
2021-06-20 23:22 ` igor [this message]
2021-06-21 8:42 ` [9front] [PATCH] manual: preprocess usb(3) with eqn for print output Anthony Martin
2021-06-21 10:30 ` [9front] usb(3) patch Alex Musolino
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