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From: Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de>
To: Jason McIntyre <jmc@kerhand.co.uk>
Cc: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv
Subject: Re: minor mdoc.7 improvements
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:51:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101130205112.GA4617@iris.usta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101129162316.GB4071@kerhand.co.uk>

Hi Jason,

> i think this is overkill, to be honest. i think your changes up to the
> first Pp are sufficient.

OK, done.

Thanks,
  Ingo

>> Index: mdoc.7
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/mdoc.7,v
>> retrieving revision 1.56
>> diff -u -r1.56 mdoc.7
>> --- mdoc.7	28 Nov 2010 15:45:26 -0000	1.56
>> +++ mdoc.7	28 Nov 2010 17:31:52 -0000
>> @@ -2659,9 +2659,60 @@
>>  Close a scope opened by
>>  .Sx \&Xo .
>>  .Ss \&Xo
>> -Open an extension scope.
>> -This macro originally existed to extend the 9-argument limit of troff;
>> -since this limit has been lifted, the macro has been deprecated.
>> +Extend the header of an
>> +.Sx \&It
>> +macro or the body of a partial-implicit block macro
>> +beyond the end of the input line.
>> +This macro originally existed to work around the 9-argument limit
>> +of historic
>> +.Xr roff 7 .
>> +.Pp
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-30 20:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-27 22:27 Ingo Schwarze
     [not found] ` <20101127224144.GB27550@kerhand.co.uk>
2010-11-28  0:22   ` Ingo Schwarze
     [not found]     ` <20101128080507.GA4033@kerhand.co.uk>
2010-11-28 17:43       ` Ingo Schwarze
     [not found]         ` <20101129162316.GB4071@kerhand.co.uk>
2010-11-30 20:51           ` Ingo Schwarze [this message]

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