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=1.0 required=5.0 tests=PDS_BRAND_SUBJ_NAKED_TO, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 7654 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2023 22:58:28 -0000 Received: from bsd.lv (HELO mandoc.bsd.lv) (66.111.2.12) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Oct 2023 22:58:28 -0000 Received: from fantadrom.bsd.lv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mandoc.bsd.lv (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 4597ca11 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:58:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (mandoc.bsd.lv [local]) by mandoc.bsd.lv (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 995d0017 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:58:24 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:58:24 +0000 (UTC) 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: Remove the statement that .TQ was "rarely used even in GNU X-Mailer: activitymail 1.26, http://search.cpan.org/dist/activitymail/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Message-ID: <9481753dbd93ff23@mandoc.bsd.lv> Log Message: ----------- Remove the statement that .TQ was "rarely used even in GNU manual pages". It appears the Linux Manual Pages project started to quite aggressively use .TQ ever for cases where it not only provides no value, but makes formatting worse even when it formats as intended. It's also a bad idea to use it that aggressively because .TQ has particularly catastrophic formatting behaviour on formatters (other than groff and mandoc) that do not support it: It essentially has the effect of omitting the topic of the discussion from the formatted version of the manual page, but in such a way that it does not become apparent to the reader that anything is missing. But whether this is wise or stupid is their problem and none of our business. Either way, we should not call a thing "rarely used" after that is no longer true. Thanks to Alejandro Colomar for making me aware that the statement is no longer true. Modified Files: -------------- mandoc: man.7 Revision Data ------------- Index: man.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/mandoc/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.149 retrieving revision 1.150 diff -Lman.7 -Lman.7 -u -p -r1.149 -r1.150 --- man.7 +++ man.7 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id$ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons -.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2015, 2017-2020 Ingo Schwarze +.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2015,2017-2020,2023 Ingo Schwarze .\" Copyright (c) 2017 Anthony Bentley .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Joerg Sonnenberger .\" @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ unspecified, the saved or default width Like .Ic TP , except that no vertical spacing is inserted before the paragraph. -This is a GNU extension and rarely used even in GNU manual pages. +This is a GNU extension. .It Ic UC Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from .Bx -- To unsubscribe send an email to source+unsubscribe@mandoc.bsd.lv