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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-07-28 12:28:06 -0500 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-07-29 15:01:13 +0200 |
| commit | 9196348d2b624de8d594eabe2b85defeff4c5ef4 (patch) | |
| tree | b52442a177938fde78702f1f171d3b5486715095 | |
| parent | d56554f0d693c4c0c63c15f0ae1c437005b16666 (diff) | |
man.7: ffix
The `\c` escape sequence works in an argument to a macro call that is
part of a paragraph tag with font style alternation macros, but not the
ordinary font macros `B` and `I`. This is because `TP`, `B`, and `I`
all set up input traps; the six font style alternation macros do not.
The old formatting would, for some versions of some formatters, set the
"[trailer]" text as part of the paragraph body, not the tag--like this.
.UE [trailer] Terminate the link text of the preceding .UR
macro, with the optional trailer (if present, usually a
(and so on)
This was a poorly understood--and undocumented--interaction of man(7)
features until recently. Gory details involving nroff on Unix Version 7
(1979) running on a simulated PDP-11/45 are available.[1]
Here is a comparison of the former and new markup.
before
======
groff 1.22.3: BAD
groff 1.22.4: GOOD
groff 1.23.0: BAD
mandoc 1.14.6: BAD
now
===
groff 1.22.3: BAD
groff 1.22.4: GOOD
groff 1.23.0: GOOD
mandoc 1.14.6: GOOD
[1] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51468
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-06/msg00020.html
Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/man.7 | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man7/man.7 b/man7/man.7 index 258ce25da..583fe354f 100644 --- a/man7/man.7 +++ b/man7/man.7 @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ with all text up to the following .B .UE macro as the link text. .TP -.B .UE \c +.BR .UE \~\c .RI [ trailer ] Terminate the link text of the preceding .B .UR |