From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Dec 12 0:10: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4241937B405 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:10:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBC8A2S55924; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:10:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:10:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112120810.fBC8A2S55924@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Ruslan Ermilov Subject: Re: docs/32676: file(1) formatting nit Reply-To: Ruslan Ermilov Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/32676; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Hiten Pandya Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rdm@cfcl.com Subject: Re: docs/32676: file(1) formatting nit Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:59:35 +0200 On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 10:04:31AM -0800, Hiten Pandya wrote: > here is that patch for it... > > --- file.1 Tue Oct 9 08:31:02 2001 > +++ file.1.new Mon Dec 10 17:51:20 2001 > @@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ > > $ file -i file.c file /dev/hda > file.c: text/x-c > -file: application/x-executable, dynamically linked > (uses shared libs), not stripped > +file: application/x-executable, dynamically linked > (uses shared libs), > + not stripped > /dev/hda: application/x-not-regular-file > .Ed > .Sh HISTORY > Starting lines with a space is bogus, and causes groff(1) to stop formatting the current line. There's nothing wrong with some text running of a right margin; manpages display "literal" text exactly as it is shown by a program, and the output of man(1) could be controlled by a pager utility like more(1) or less(1). Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message