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Date:      Sun, 25 May 2003 14:45:25 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 vnode.9
Message-ID:  <20030525144337.B56624@gamplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030524.172538.87636636.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <200305241819.h4OIJC85090502@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030524.172538.87636636.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On Sat, 24 May 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:

> In message: <XFMail.20030524163606.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
>             John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> :
> : On 24-May-2003 Hiten Pandya wrote:
> : > hmp         2003/05/24 11:19:12 PDT
> : >
> : >   FreeBSD src repository (doc committer)
> : >
> : >   Modified files:
> : >     share/man/man9       vnode.9
> : >   Log:
> : >   Bring vnode(9) man page to its senses:
> : >
> : >           - remove '-*- nroff -*-'
> :
> : Why did you do this?  By default, [x]emacs only recognizes .[0-8] as
> : nroff.  Having this marker here ensures that [x]emacs starts up in
> : nroff mode and doesn't hurt anything.
>
> I was wondering about that myself.  I always ADD it to the .9 man
> pages.

I thought it was just a style bug.  If you add it, don't forget to bloat
the file with markup for all alternative editors.

Bruce



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