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 o7676Gm8006797 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 03:06:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (1000@localhost [IPv6:::1]) by kerhand.co.uk (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id tLuyyhmi for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:05:50 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:05:50 +0059 From: Jason McIntyre To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: -column issue Message-ID: <20100806070614.GD2107@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-discuss Reply-To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i hi. there's a formatting issue for -column lists. the best example i can find is in openbsd's sysctl.3 (it's riddled with these): .Bl -column "Second level nameXXXXXX" integerXXX -offset indent .It Sy Second level name Type Changeable .It Dv FS_POSIX_SETUID No " integer yes" .El (the items are tab-separated) groff formats it thusly: Second level name Type Changeable FS_POSIX_SETUID integer yes all 3 column headers are displayed in Sy font. but mandoc gets the spacing wrong: Second level name Type Changeable FS_POSIX_SETUID integer yes additionally, only "Second level name" is rendered in Sy font. "Type" and "Changeable" are unaffected. these -column lists are icky! jmc -- To unsubscribe send an email to discuss+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv