From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from kerhand.co.uk (_smtpd@82-69-137-214.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.137.214]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o72L7Je6012561 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:07:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (1000@localhost [IPv6:::1]) by kerhand.co.uk (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 6D6CZYrs for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:06:53 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:06:53 +0059 From: Jason McIntyre To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: Re: mdoc.7 tweaks Message-ID: <20100802210717.GB20950@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> References: <20100802190029.GA20950@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> <20100802205711.GA7805@iris.usta.de> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-discuss Reply-To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100802205711.GA7805@iris.usta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 10:57:11PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > > Everything not related to .Sx / .Sy is ok schwarze@. > > > *) uses Sy for macros instead of Sx. we could use something else but > > not, please, Sx. > > Hmm, i'm not sure. > Using exactly Sx (and not anything else) has a point. > On http://mdocml.bsd.lv/mdoc.7.html , you can easily navigate > the whole manual using the macro hyperlinks. > I know that is irrelevant for man(1), and for terminal output > in general, but it may still be considered useful. > hmm. so i have probably confused two things: when we are talking about a section, Sx is correct. but to just refer to macros, we shouldn;t use Sx. but i see now that the macro name was additionally also a macro name. > > That seems easy; i guess it's a typo, and i would just change lb to lB > and rb to rB, like this: > > \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBargs...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB > ah. > > Are you really sure we should switch from .Sx to .Sy right now? > > If yes, we need to get it right at once, including choosing the > macro we really want, but i do not want to digress into .Sy vs. .Ic > vs. whatever bikeshedding as long as we do not even agree that we > need to get rid of .Sx at all. > > If no, will you pull the .Sx/.Sy parts out of the diff for now, > or shall i do it? > we should undo the Sx/Sy parts of my diff. which is most of the diff ;( anyway, i have to sleep now. if you want to take this further, carry on. if not i'll try and find time tomorrow to redo it. jmc -- To unsubscribe send an email to discuss+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv