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* mandoc: Tweak the description of -l:  Avoid the misunderstanding that
@ 2018-04-19 23:41 schwarze
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From: schwarze @ 2018-04-19 23:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Tweak the description of -l:

Avoid the misunderstanding that the essential purpose of -l is 
similar to the purpose of the -a option in mandoc(1), which is not 
the point: the fact that -l implies -a is merely a minor detail. 
The point of -l is to make man(1) behave like mandoc(1).
Move the mention of -a to the end to de-emphasize it.

Nate Bargmann reported that this seriously confused him, 
and i can see why.

Modified Files:
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    mandoc:
        man.1

Revision Data
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Index: man.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/mandoc/mandoc/man.1,v
retrieving revision 1.32
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -Lman.1 -Lman.1 -u -p -r1.32 -r1.33
--- man.1
+++ man.1
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ manual.
 By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages.
 .It Fl l
 A synonym for
-.Xr mandoc 1
-.Fl a .
+.Xr mandoc 1 .
 The
 .Ar name
 arguments are interpreted as filenames.
@@ -127,6 +126,8 @@ No search is done and
 and
 .Fl w
 are ignored.
+This option implies
+.Fl a .
 .It Fl M Ar path
 Override the list of standard directories which
 .Nm
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