Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 09:33:03 -0500 From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com> 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: <20000523093303.A11021@mppsystems.com> 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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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
No, don't use *roff formatting directives directly within -mdoc
style man pages.
The .Pp macro will generate a line break, as well as an empty line,
which may not be what you want.
> 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.
I would suggest something like this (untested):
.It Ev DEF_BUILDER_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
.Dq Fl d Ar destdir
option.
This should generate something like:
DEF_BUILDER_DIR If set, is used as the path of the build
directory instead of _/usr/src/sys/compile.
It can be overridden by the ``-d destdir'' option.
-Mike
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