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Bug#1039978: axohelp.1: some remarks and editorial fixes for the manual



Package: texlive-binaries
Version: 2022.20220321.62855-5.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Dear Maintainer,

here are some notes and a patch for the manual.

-.-.

The difference between the formatted outputs can be seen with:

  nroff -man <file1> > <out1>
  nroff -man <file2> > <out2>
  diff -u <out1> <out2>

and for groff using

"groff -man -Z" instead of "nroff -man"

-.-.

Output from "mandoc -T lint axohelp.1":

mandoc: axohelp.1:4:10: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line

-.-.

Change -- in x--y to \(em (em-dash), or, if an
option, to \-\-

31:.B -h, --help
35:.B -v, --version

-.-.

Increase type size of ~ (tilde) to make it more visible
in the output of "troff".

48:<https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/maindir/others/axodraw2/axodraw2.html>.

-.-.

Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x55, 2D) to a minus (\-), if in front of a
name for an option.

31:.B -h, --help
35:.B -v, --version
39:.B -V

-.-.

Wrong distance between sentences.

  Separate the sentences and subordinate clauses; each begins on a new
line.  See man-pages(7) ("Conventions for source file layout") and
"info groff" ("Input Conventions").

  The best procedure is to always start a new sentence on a new line,
at least, if you are typing on a computer.

Remember coding: Only one command ("sentence") on each (logical) line.

E-mail: Easier to quote exactly the relevant lines.

Generally: Easier to edit the sentence.

Patches: Less unaffected text.

  The amount of space between sentences in the output can then be
controlled with the ".ss" request.

22:and the output file is file.ax2. If the filename on the command line
27:Options can be introduced by single or double hyphen characters. The

-.-.

Use \(en for a dash (en-dash) between space characters, not a minus
(\-) or a hyphen (-), except in the NAME section.

axohelp.1:3:axohelp - helper program for use of LaTeX package axodraw2 with

-.-.

--- axohelp.1	2023-06-29 23:48:04.000000000 +0000
+++ axohelp.1.new	2023-06-29 23:56:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .TH "axohelp" 1 "5 Mar 2021" ""
 .SH NAME
-axohelp - helper program for use of LaTeX package axodraw2 with
-pdflatex. 
+axohelp \- helper program for use of LaTeX package axodraw2 with
+pdflatex.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B axohelp [options] [filename]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -19,24 +19,25 @@ draw the desired graphics.
 
 The files processed are specified as follows: When the filename on the
 command line is of the form file.ax1, then the input file is file.ax1
-and the output file is file.ax2. If the filename on the command line
-does not have extension .ax1, then this extension is appended.
+and the output file is file.ax2.
+If the filename on the command line does not have extension .ax1,
+then this extension is appended.
 
 
 .SH OPTIONS
-Options can be introduced by single or double hyphen characters. The
-possible options are:
+Options can be introduced by single or double hyphen characters.
+The possible options are:
 
 .TP
-.B -h, --help
+.B \-h, \-\-help
 Gives usage information
 
 .TP
-.B -v, --version
+.B \-v, \-\-version
 Gives version information
 
 .TP
-.B -V
+.B \-V
 NOT CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED: Give information on each function used.
 
 .SH AUTHOR
@@ -45,4 +46,4 @@ Jos Vermaseren (username t68 at nikhef d
 
 The released version can be obtained from CTAN:
 <http://www.ctan.org/pkg/axodraw2/>, and an author's website
-<https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/maindir/others/axodraw2/axodraw2.html>.
+<https://www.nikhef.nl/\s+3~\s-3form/maindir/others/axodraw2/axodraw2.html>.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.3.7-1 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

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