From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Debian-exim@smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de [129.13.185.217]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o8NJplbP032362 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:51:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hekate.usta.de (asta-nat.asta.uni-karlsruhe.de [172.22.63.82]) by smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de with esmtp (Exim 4.63 #1) id 1OyrpZ-0005DR-4F; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:51:45 +0200 Received: from donnerwolke.usta.de ([172.24.96.3]) by hekate.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1OyrpZ-0001MX-2W for discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:51:45 +0200 Received: from iris.usta.de ([172.24.96.5] helo=usta.de) by donnerwolke.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OyrpZ-0002Yb-1l for discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:51:45 +0200 Received: from schwarze by usta.de with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1OyrpZ-0005Vz-14 for discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:51:45 +0200 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:51:45 +0200 From: Ingo Schwarze To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: Re: double space after `.' issue Message-ID: <20100923195145.GC11894@iris.usta.de> References: <20100923171403.GM13645@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 In-Reply-To: <20100923171403.GM13645@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 -- To unsubscribe send an email to discuss+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv