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Date:      Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:48:02 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        John Estess <jestess@wcnet.net>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: last time for mdoc corrections 
Message-ID:  <90654.956666882@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2000 07:29:27 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004250712290.2757-100000@localhost.localdomain> 

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On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 07:29:27 EST, John Estess wrote:

> 1) under .Ss Issuing subsequent requests, I end up with the sentence "If
> the search is..." skipping two lines. Why? How do I stop that from
> happening?

I'm pretty sure that this only happens in the ASCII output.  If it
happens in the PostScript output, it's a real problem.  Otherwise, it's
just a cosmetic annoyance in groff (I suspect).

By the way, section and subsection cross-references can be marked up
with Sx instead of Dq.

Also, take out the Ns following the Pp -- it's unnecessary.

> 2) under header Line-Orientated Interface, using
> .Fl l stops groff in its tracks. How do I mark options later in the
> page (not in a .It line)? Please test before answering.

No error output?  The version you sent doesn't use the Fl macro, so I
can't see the problem.  Certainly, when I use the Fl macro myself, it
renders as expected.

> 3) I need a period after cscope in
> deviate from this form will not be recognized by
> .Nm   (which is cscope)
> Yes, I tried .Nm Ns . and .Nm . and .Nm \&.

The construct

	.Nm Ns .

is correct and works perfectly, provided the first instance of the Nm
macro specified an argument as yours does.

Since you haven't sent a version in which you tried that, I can't tell
you more.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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