From: Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de>
To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv
Subject: Re: double space after `.' issue
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:51:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100923195145.GC11894@iris.usta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100923171403.GM13645@bramka.kerhand.co.uk>
Hi Jason,
Jason McIntyre wrote on Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 06:13:39PM +0059:
> hi. source from disklabel(8):
>
> The disk label contains information about disk characteristics
> .Pq size, type, etc.
> and the partition layout, stored on the disk itself.
>
> groff:
> The disk label contains information about disk characteristics
> (size, type, etc.) and the partition layout, stored on the disk
> itself.
>
> mandoc:
> The disk label contains information about disk characteristics
> (size, type, etc.) and the partition layout, stored on the disk
> itself.
>
> i.e. mandoc produces a double space before "and".
Yes, it imagines the dot were a full stop, which it isn't.
> groff and mandoc are handling that .Pq line differently.
> is this on a TODO list,
I am aware of the fact that end-of-sentence detection is still not
perfect, and have now added an entry to the TODO list:
- in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence
reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
> or do i need to change the source?
No, please don't!
That mdoc source code is 100% correct.
Yours,
Ingo
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