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Date:      Tue, 23 May 2000 17:15:30 +0300
From:      Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.crimea.ua>
To:        Nicola Vitale <nivit@libero.it>
Cc:        Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question about mdoc formatting
Message-ID:  <20000523171530.C99582@ark.cris.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005231550440.386-100000@numeria.libero.it>; from nivit@libero.it on Tue, May 23, 2000 at 03:51:45PM %2B0200
References:  <20000521164932.A236@parish> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005231550440.386-100000@numeria.libero.it>

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hi,

On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 03:51:45PM +0200, Nicola Vitale wrote:
> > [Mark Ovens, 21/05/00]
> > How do you force a newline in mdoc?
> 
> .br

It's breaking mdoc requirements -- don't use direct troff formatting
directives in your mdoc manpages. 

> So in your
> 
> > Example:
> > 
> > .It Ev DEF_BUILD_DIR
> > If set, is used as the path of the build directory instead of
> > .Pa /usr/src/sys/compile .
> > It can be overridden by the
> .br
> > .Fl d Ar destdir
> > option.


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