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[groff] 02/02: groff_man*(7): Advise on man.local customiation.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 02/02: groff_man*(7): Advise on man.local customiation. |
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Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:05:56 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit d75377a926b5ec336e592c9ab5ec9cc9e53b6bac
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Aug 13 22:27:36 2020 +1000
groff_man*(7): Advise on man.local customiation.
* tmac/groff_man.7.man.in (Description/Number registers): Inform reader
that registers can be set in man.local file and cross-reference it.
(Files/*/man.local): [style] Supply example of man.local
customizations, prompted by recent discussions on groff, linux-man,
and man-db mailing lists.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20200729145630.GH21941@arm.com/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2020-08/msg00061.html
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?58752
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c0b1b6b..eb95bbd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2020-08-13 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+ * tmac/groff_man.7.man.in (Description/Number registers): Inform
+ reader that registers can be set in man.local file and
+ cross-reference it. (Files/*/man.local): [style] Supply example
+ of man.local customizations, prompted by recent discussions on
+ groff, linux-man, and man-db mailing lists.
+
2020-08-12 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
* tmac/tmac.am: Use a stamp file for m4 keyword check.
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 8b47795..d430b7b 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -1904,6 +1904,11 @@ also cause a break but no insertion of vertical space.
.
Number registers are described in section \(lqOptions\(rq below.
.
+They can be set not only on the command line but in the site
+.I man.local
+file as well;
+see section \(lqFiles\(rq below.
+.
.
.\" ====================================================================
.SS Strings
@@ -3138,6 +3143,21 @@ Put local changes and customizations into this file.
_ifstyle()dnl
.
.
+.RS
+.RS
+.PP
+.EX
+\&.\e" Use narrower indentation on terminals and similar.
+\&.if n .nr IN 4n
+\&.\e" Put only one space after the end of a sentence.
+\&.ss 12 0 \e" See groff(@MAN7EXT@).
+\&.\e" Keep pages narrow even on wide terminals.
+\&.if n .if \(rsn[LL]>78 .nr LL 78n
+.EE
+.RE
+.RE
+.
+.
.\" ====================================================================
.SH Notes
.\" ====================================================================
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