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[groff] 08/27: groff_man*(7): Shift blank line avoidance advice.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 08/27: groff_man*(7): Shift blank line avoidance advice.
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 01:22:19 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 2b2aefbe46f74f2314ccf2873a961d90de609b89
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 31 10:51:59 2024 -0600

    groff_man*(7): Shift blank line avoidance advice.
---
 tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 4ac22e90b..271a52460 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -1274,6 +1274,10 @@ maintainer.
 .
 Do not put blank (empty) lines in a man page source document.
 .
+Some
+.MR man 1
+programs \(lqsqueeze\(rq multiple blank output lines into one.
+.
 .
 .IP \(bu
 Command and option names are presented in
@@ -3252,11 +3256,6 @@ It translates poorly to HTML,
 under which exact space control and tabulation are not readily
 available.
 .
-Further,
-some
-.MR man 1
-programs \(lqsqueeze\(rq multiple blank output lines into one.
-.
 Thus,
 information or distinctions that you use tab stops to express are likely
 to be lost.



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