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[PATCH 07/34] man/terminfo.tail: Stop using `DT` macro.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 07/34] man/terminfo.tail: Stop using `DT` macro.
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 00:13:45 -0500

Nothing in this page (or any other ncurses man page) ever changes the
tab stops, so it's unnecessary to call this macro to restore them.

groff(1) discourages its use.

groff_man(7):
       .DT    Reset tab stops to the default (every 0.5i [inches]).

              Use of this presentationā€oriented macro is deprecated.  It
              translates poorly to HTML, under which exact space control
              and tabulation are not readily available.  Thus,
              information or distinctions that you use tab stops to
              express are likely to be lost.  If you feel tempted to
              change the tab stops such that calling this macro later is
              desirable to restore them, you should probably be
              composing a table using tbl(1) instead.
---
 man/terminfo.tail | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/terminfo.tail b/man/terminfo.tail
index 74e6b07c..a5b30865 100644
--- a/man/terminfo.tail
+++ b/man/terminfo.tail
@@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ These capabilities suffice to describe
 hard-copy and \*(``glass-tty\*('' terminals.
 Thus the model 33 teletype is described as
 .PP
-.DT
 .nf
 .ft \*(CW
 .\".in -2
@@ -444,7 +443,6 @@ Thus the model 33 teletype is described as
 .PP
 while the Lear Siegler \s-1ADM-3\s0 is described as
 .PP
-.DT
 .nf
 .ft \*(CW
 .\".in -2
-- 
2.30.2

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