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Re: [groff] 01/03: **/*.man: Eliminate blank lines in man pages.
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: [groff] 01/03: **/*.man: Eliminate blank lines in man pages. |
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Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:07:38 +0000 |
Hi Ingo,
> 3. In tmac/groff_trace.7.man, the blank lines you changed to .P
> are inside .EX blocks. As far as i know, both blank lines
> and .P work portably in .nf mode and hence in .EX blocks and
> .Bd -unfilled and .Bd -literal.
They give very different results though. A blank line's vertical space
will be that of the other non-blank lines whereas a .P's can be
different, e.g. -Tpdf. And .P will reset the left margin and indent.
It's important to remember that the world is not a TTY. ;-)
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Cheers, Ralph.