From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Debian-exim@smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de [129.13.185.217]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p0MJuw75018197 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:57:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from hekate.usta.de (asta-nat.asta.uni-karlsruhe.de [172.22.63.82]) by smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de with esmtp (Exim 4.63 #1) id 1PgjZx-0004W6-1m; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:56:57 +0100 Received: from donnerwolke.usta.de ([172.24.96.3]) by hekate.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PgjZw-0006Ts-WD; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:56:57 +0100 Received: from iris.usta.de ([172.24.96.5] helo=usta.de) by donnerwolke.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PgjZw-0002Ju-VH; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:56:56 +0100 Received: from schwarze by usta.de with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PgjZw-0007qm-UH; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:56:56 +0100 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:56:56 +0100 From: Ingo Schwarze To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv Cc: jmc@openbsd.org Subject: line termination in manuals Message-ID: <20110122195656.GE12520@iris.usta.de> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-tech Reply-To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Hi, deraadt@ pointed out that, if somebody would compile mandoc on Windows, the C library would take care of different conventions regarding line termination. Besides, it goes without saying that text files on a UNIX system use UNIX conventions, and UNIX tools working on them expect that. This isn't documented for other text files, for example configuration files of various tools, either. OK? Yours, Ingo Index: man.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -r1.14 man.7 --- man.7 16 Jan 2011 02:56:47 -0000 1.14 +++ man.7 22 Jan 2011 19:46:09 -0000 @@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space character, and the tab character. -All manuals must have -.Ux -line termination. .Pp Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a vertical space. Index: mdoc.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/mdoc.7,v retrieving revision 1.62 diff -u -r1.62 mdoc.7 --- mdoc.7 22 Jan 2011 14:05:28 -0000 1.62 +++ mdoc.7 22 Jan 2011 19:46:10 -0000 @@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character. -All manuals must have -.Ux -line terminators. .Pp If the first character of a line is a space, that line is printed with a leading newline. Index: roff.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/roff.7,v retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -r1.8 roff.7 --- roff.7 9 Jan 2011 15:24:57 -0000 1.8 +++ roff.7 22 Jan 2011 19:46:10 -0000 @@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ documented in the .Xr mandoc_char 7 manual. -.Pp -All manuals must have -.Ux -line terminators. .Sh REQUEST SYNTAX A request or macro line consists of: .Pp -- To unsubscribe send an email to tech+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv