From: Jason McIntyre <jmc@kerhand.co.uk>
To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv
Subject: Re: desired .Bk semantics?
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 07:54:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100703065442.GA5970@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100702234320.GC6026@iris.usta.de>
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 01:43:20AM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after much headbanging while trying to understand tmac files,
> i guess i finally figured out what .Bk -words is supposed to do.
> It seems it has nothing to do with macros, but simply with -
> lines in the input file! My impression is that .Bk -words
> avoids line breaks inside the output generated from each input
> line. Perhaps that's why it is called -words (as opposed to -line).
> Duh.
>
according to mdoc.samples(7) it is useful for "preventing line breaks in
the middle of options", and that is how i've always used it. i just
realised that the same piece of text notes that the effect was once
achieved using the Op macro.
so my understanding is it has nothing to do with keeping "words". but
god knows.
jmc
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-03 6:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-02 23:43 Ingo Schwarze
2010-07-03 6:54 ` Jason McIntyre [this message]
2010-07-03 12:27 ` Kristaps Dzonsons
2010-07-03 14:11 ` Jason McIntyre
2010-07-03 16:24 ` Kristaps Dzonsons
2010-07-03 16:52 ` Jason McIntyre
2010-07-03 17:25 ` desired .Bk semantics? [UPDATED PATCH] Kristaps Dzonsons
2010-07-03 17:28 ` desired .Bk semantics? Ingo Schwarze
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