From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp-2.sys.kth.se (smtp-2.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.160]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6GK4jT8025329 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:04:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp-2.sys.kth.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-2.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD8314C133; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:04:39 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kth.se Received: from smtp-2.sys.kth.se ([127.0.0.1]) by smtp-2.sys.kth.se (smtp-2.sys.kth.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id fUsiWcXh7n-O; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:04:28 +0200 (CEST) X-KTH-Auth: kristaps [85.8.60.143] X-KTH-mail-from: kristaps@bsd.lv Received: from lappy.bsd.lv (h85-8-60-143.dynamic.se.alltele.net [85.8.60.143]) by smtp-2.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6786A14F10A; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:04:27 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4C40BB83.6010409@bsd.lv> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:05:23 +0200 From: Kristaps Dzonsons User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080812) X-Mailinglist: mdocml-tech Reply-To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason McIntyre CC: "tech@mdocml.bsd.lv" Subject: Re: SYNOPSIS and auto-Bk References: <4C4055CC.7020900@bsd.lv> <20100716155142.GB32289@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100716155142.GB32289@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> The following patch enables SYNOPSIS sections (or blocks within the nS >> register) to behave as if `Bk -words' were wrapping the entire section. >> >> This makes for nice-looking SYNOPSIS sections where authors have omitted >> the `Bk'; however, output would differ from groff, so I'm hesitant to >> enable it. This has been tossed around for a while. >> >> Thoughts? (Yes, the patch must be tweaked a bit before it's actually >> checked in.) >> >> Kristaps > > hi. i like the idea a lot. > > the compatibility thing is a pain though. if it forces me to keep using > Bk in pages. hopefully that will become less of an issue. > > but i'm reluctant to run with the diff this close to release. i need to > see what the mandoc we have is doing to pages. That's fine: this patch won't get outdated, so we can sit on it. When is the freeze? I ask because I can put Ingo's recent check-ins into a mini-release and we can tag that out as the OpenBSD release version before I get to work on simplifying the special-character encoding. -- To unsubscribe send an email to tech+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv