From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23879 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2021 17:02:12 -0000 Received: from bsd.lv (HELO mandoc.bsd.lv) (66.111.2.12) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Jan 2021 17:02:12 -0000 Received: from fantadrom.bsd.lv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mandoc.bsd.lv (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 99c1acf6 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:02:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-ej1-f54.google.com (mail-ej1-f54.google.com [209.85.218.54]) by mandoc.bsd.lv (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 4350a28e for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:02:03 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-ej1-f54.google.com with SMTP id a10so14617635ejg.10 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:02:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to; bh=Nuk6ZAwWIAc8I62Jqs7SBGUnkKwx+MVLIEmF8iovHfo=; b=ClQDgaRaRRZXzOiryQp1fMHoTpDzMfrkRhkn5d5G5R50QSwV5YeRCpUGB5mUtMipKe 4sISZaZgvoGiSNUuFHasekXxhA0tjzaYadXpQhwYXW2mD3i+qnqBvqAqOcZ3lODmKdSP AcaD3iQasTLz1Ux0vOFeystk2s4+qJME+hVDpGSU+3jK0P27vv84Ci9ikBexuSuvHYtp 4enY1HHyC0JVEHRNPJ2xXRLv1Wi3wInsHiPV19yDF+wYUVJvAef7gLaYRYqmAZd607VJ o0bWS506RwtrJA4SD8i5pQDHjzQ5t8qFXIgBxwbDsfVMPeTttR8/pK8t+w6ufmGLhvE4 LQ0A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to; bh=Nuk6ZAwWIAc8I62Jqs7SBGUnkKwx+MVLIEmF8iovHfo=; b=Rd2eSm99XlEaaFJrsHtl0KFtTNl3Ne6LiTe3b5JLPOdZ9UofApfKWwKO/sBE8hz1+D VZxs525ecCB1xW+9v6ahlQnUhSffLqQZjI9oK3WYy/weqpeG1BuIjW81PcaU5WH+QSZi iM+Zv0jU4E8queZy2IsixDZQjAWKkjwedKlPnjjmwb7V4i0mx/yZpzXg99EuUb7LodUi 4MCwGZZNMVpD/yM+xak2btcFFgKdtbS5vbmmCH7X5ZKBoDWwB6nLvY/Ah5kuxNEENbVX lKjyaMGBMoNN5m0fWUkdWQDgVNvUJc+M5cxn9/0gKxftIyahKWeGFwpEXPucmZgIGBnH Nnzw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532FdC/E7SoMXc9WaIRySke/IltS8PpuoQjfX11vTsygSwiGVKJV 0xm09laCEX8YAaO2/X3wCUw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzHmaswsi+qs2iKboCA9RfnOWEp2Ekxmd6nLpz4ttoZH3+nEdG44dNDWZsxAKuect9inBYbyA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:6e6:: with SMTP id yh6mr1921303ejb.466.1611507721268; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:02:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from gmail.com (cpc92314-cmbg19-2-0-cust515.5-4.cable.virginm.net. [82.11.186.4]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a11sm9008528edt.26.2021.01.24.09.02.00 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:02:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:01:59 +0000 From: Raf Czlonka To: Aisha Tammy Cc: discuss@mandoc.bsd.lv Subject: Re: Allowing "?" as a flag in mdoc Message-ID: References: <00b26605-75e1-b872-f754-22edc135f739@aisha.cc> X-Mailinglist: mandoc-discuss Reply-To: discuss@mandoc.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <00b26605-75e1-b872-f754-22edc135f739@aisha.cc> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 03:39:19PM GMT, Aisha Tammy wrote: > Hi, >   I'm trying to create a manpage where the command takes a flag "?" > The command would (to display help): >   module -? > > For this I created in module.1: > > .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact > .It Fl h , ? , H , -help > Show the help message. > .El > > But the output of this looks: > >      -h,?, -H, --help >              Show the help message. > > Without the - before ? > > Can anyone tell how I can display a -? before the flag? > > Thanks, > Aisha Hi Aisha, Prepend it with zero-width space ('\&').[0] [0] https://man.openbsd.org/mdoc.7#Delimiters Regards, Raf -- To unsubscribe send an email to discuss+unsubscribe@mandoc.bsd.lv