Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 01:07:54 -0500 (EST) From: robert@fledge.watson.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/10349: nroff mdoc formatting problem for long .Dt Message-ID: <199903020607.BAA07486@sleipnir.watson.org>
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>Number: 10349 >Category: misc >Synopsis: For long .Dt fields, rendering is broken-looking in mdoc >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 1 22:10:00 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Watson >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 4.0, writing new man pages for library functions. The function name aud_delete_event_info is really long--perhaps too long, but it is a POSIX library name. >Description: When setting the .Dt field in the man page, it is rendered incorrectly in standard man on a boring xterm: .Dt aud_delete_event_info 3 becomes: This is ugly and unsightly. I'm not sure what the right solution is, other than to truncate function names? And that doesn't seem write from a documentation perspective :-). If it were possible for nroff to truncate and trail off with a '...' that would probably be best, but I'm not skilled in nroff. >How-To-Repeat: Do as above. >Fix: None known, sorry! >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the messagehome | help
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