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Re: Plan 9 man added a new macro for man page references
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: Plan 9 man added a new macro for man page references |
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Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:17:42 +0000 |
Hi Branden,
> > > .MR ls 1 .
> >
> > That’s nice and all, but still inconsistent with p9p -man. There,
> > you’d do
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> > .MR ls (1) .
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> Yes; the typing of parentheses seems to serve no purpose in a semantic
> macro, as noted above.
Given groff didn't get there first, why should it be able to deviate and
cause confusion for ever more for no good reason?
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Cheers, Ralph.