From owner-freebsd-doc Sun May 21 14:46: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from rhenium.btinternet.com (rhenium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A016A37B54B for ; Sun, 21 May 2000 14:45:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [62.7.10.95] (helo=parish.my.domain) by carbon with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12tXyy-0000p7-00 for doc@freebsd.org; Sun, 21 May 2000 16:49:37 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA00662 for doc@freebsd.org; Sun, 21 May 2000 16:49:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 16:49:32 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Question about mdoc formatting Message-ID: <20000521164932.A236@parish> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message