Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 14:01:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Nicola Vitale <nivit@libero.it> To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org, sheldonh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about mdoc formatting Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005251011390.277-100000@numeria.libero.it>
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> [Mike Pritchard, 24/05/00] > > > No, don't use *roff formatting directives directly within -mdoc > > > style man pages. > > I didn't know. :-( > > No big deal. Better that you asked for advice first, right? Yes, I'm agree. But it would have been a great deal better if in -mdoc documentation there was written directly: "Using troff internal codes along with -mdoc macros is deprecated, or still better forbidden.", with this last word blinking! :-) > > .Bk -words > > Fl d Ar destdir > > .Ek > > I've never actually seen those macros used anywhere, so I'm not > sure if they work :-(. Well, I checked make(1) and it is used there. > >From the documentation, .Bk/.Ek sound like what you want. If they > don't work for you, why don't you send me the mdoc source of the man > page you are working on? Then I'll take a look and see if I can figure > out a work-around? Are you asking to me or Mark Ovens? I suppose Mark. _My_ English doesn't let me to write any kind of documentation; I don't even know what I have exactly written in this message! Indeed! :-) Ciao -- Nicola Vitale nivit@libero.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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