Re: .Bl -tag -width ".mdoc macro" not recognised sometimes(?)

[наб <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>]

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On Sun, Jun 05, 2022 at 07:55:39PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote:
> On Jun 05 18:16:35, nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz wrote:
> Quoting mdoc(7):
> 
> 	The -width and -offset arguments accept
> 	macro names as described for Bd -offset,
> 	scaling widths as described in roff(7),
> 	or use the length of the given string.
> 
> Is your -width a macro name (such as Ds) as descibed for -offset? No.
> Is it a scalinbg width as described in roff(7)? No.
> Apparently, mandoc uses the length of the given string then.
> AFAICT, that's what you told it to do.

Ah, yeah, that's fair; this is, apparently, a groffism:
  If ⟨string⟩ starts with a ‘.’ (dot) immediately followed by a valid
  -mdoc macro name, interpret ⟨string⟩ and use the width of the result.
  Almost all lists in this document use this option.

My b.

> Also, mandoc -Tlint please.

-Tlint is clean, save for the empty date and long lines.

Best,
наб

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