From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Apr 25 5:48:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2455837B737 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 05:48:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12k4l0-000NaB-00; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:48:02 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: John Estess Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: last time for mdoc corrections In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2000 07:29:27 EST." Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:48:02 +0200 Message-ID: <90654.956666882@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message