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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 20:03:58 +0200
From: Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de>
To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv
Subject: Re: -column issue
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Hi Kristaps,

Kristaps Dzonsons wrote on Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 07:32:06PM +0200:
> Ingo Schwarze wrote:

>> The rules are:
>>
>> 1. Either a space or a tab delimit the initial macro on a line.
>>    If the delimiter is a tab, that tab is lost.
>>
>>    Examples:
>>    .Fl<space>Fl       ->  Fl() Fl()  ->  "--"
>>    .Fl<tab>Fl         ->  Fl() Fl()  ->  "--"
>>    .Fl<tab><space>Fl  ->  Fl() Fl()  ->  "--"
>>
>>    In this respect, there is a bug in mandoc.
>>    A tab character does not delimit the initial macro on a line,
>>    but .Fl<tab> gives you:
>>    ERROR: bad character  <-- that's the tab
>>    ERROR: unknown macro will be lost: unknown macro: Fl<tab>

> Does the enclosed patch solve this behaviour?

Yes, it does.  Thanks.
Please commit to bsd.lv, i'm committing to OpenBSD, too.

Yours,
  Ingo
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