From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from localhost (fantadrom.bsd.lv [local]) by fantadrom.bsd.lv (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id f62322b7 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:41:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:41:46 -0500 (EST) X-Mailinglist: mandoc-source Reply-To: source@mandoc.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 From: schwarze@mandoc.bsd.lv To: source@mandoc.bsd.lv Subject: mandoc: Tweak the description of -l: Avoid the misunderstanding that X-Mailer: activitymail 1.26, http://search.cpan.org/dist/activitymail/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Message-Id: <7efeeb5bc7828068@fantadrom.bsd.lv> Log Message: ----------- 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: -------------- mandoc: man.1 Revision Data ------------- 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 -- To unsubscribe send an email to source+unsubscribe@mandoc.bsd.lv