Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 16:49:32 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Question about mdoc formatting Message-ID: <20000521164932.A236@parish>
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How do you force a newline in mdoc?
Example:
.It Ev DEF_BUILD_DIR
If set, is used as the path of the build directory instead of
.Pa /usr/src/sys/compile .
It can be overridden by the
.Fl d Ar destdir
option.
Produces this (I've removed the overall indenting to prevent emacs
and/or mutt wrapping the lines):
DEF_BUILD_DIR If set, is used as the path of the build directory instead
of /usr/src/sys/compile. It can be overridden by the -d
destdir option.
The line is split between ``-d'' and ``destdir'' which is, at least
IMHO, bad as it splits what is really a single entity (BTW, is this
illegal from a style point of view in FreeBSD manpages?).
I want to force the line split *before* the ``-d'' to give:
DEF_BUILD_DIR If set, is used as the path of the build directory instead
of /usr/src/sys/compile. It can be overridden by the
-d destdir option.
OK, I can do it by adding the word ``using'' after ``by'' but that may
not always be an option.
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