From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue Jun 9 18:14:55 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF7E2338A0A for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 18:14:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49hJDv0XG6z4JJw; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 18:14:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id 059IErFi052231; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:14:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id 059IErtW052230; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:14:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <202006091814.059IErtW052230@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: svn commit: r361940 - head/usr.bin/mkimg In-Reply-To: <20200608211940.qrR5l%steffen@sdaoden.eu> To: Steffen Nurpmeso Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:14:53 -0700 (PDT) CC: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49hJDv0XG6z4JJw X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net has no SPF policy when checking 69.59.192.140) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.92 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.59)[-0.589]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.58)[0.582]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[dnsmgr.net]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.03)[0.029]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13868, ipnet:69.59.192.0/19, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:14:55 -0000 > Hi. > > Mateusz Piotrowski wrote in > <202006082111.058LBYfj075205@repo.freebsd.org>: > |Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer) > |Date: Mon Jun 8 21:11:34 2020 > |New Revision: 361940 > |URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/361940 > | > |Log: > | Use Fl instead of Ar for long flags > ... > |-.Ar --formats | --schemes | --version > |+.Fl -formats | Fl -schemes | Fl -version > > Ingo Schwarze of mandoc has in the meanwhile committed support for > ".Fl Fl", which is the term that seems to be most widely used for > long options, for example > > .Fl Fl formats > > It also works just fine for groff, the real roff macros that is. While this produces the correct typographic output, I believe it to be counter to the intent of roff to be a lexographical expression of content. It would probably be wise if one wants to preserve the intent of roff to introduce a new macro that describes the doublt dash long options. > Ciao, > > --steffen > | > |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, > |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one > |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off > |(By Robert Gernhardt) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org