on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 02:29:19PM -0600, Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 10:59:58AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 03:38:20PM +0000, Colin Watson > > (cjwatson@debian.org) wrote: > > > Do use the bug tracking system. In the case of printcap(5), a bug > > > should be filed against the three packages that contain it (lpr, > > > lprng, lpr-ppd), and I can't find anything from you against any of > > > those packages, although I was reading quickly so I could have missed > > > it. > > > > I checked myself last night, and don't see anything. My concern was > > whether or not I should post my revised manpage to the bugtracking > > system itself. > > Absolutely! OK. > > > Probably depends on which package you're looking at. The version in > > > lpr uses mdoc's .Bl request to construct a list, and looks OK. > > > > lprng. I don't use groff or the man macros enough to know what the tag > > is, I suspect it's ".nf", for 'no format'. More likely the tbl macros > > should be used. > > Ugh, yes, that's horrible formatting. '.nf' means "no-fill mode", but it > has the effect you're thinking of. Make sure you add this line to the > top of the file to let man know that it should be using tbl: > > '\" t > > .nf definitely shouldn't be used for lazy attempts at tables like that. OK. I've got to rewrite the page (again) using tbl. I did something somewhat different, within groff, which works, sorta, but could be better. Anyone got a q'n'd tbl ref? There's a short section in the back of K&R (or is it K&P?). How does one embed tbl within a manpage? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free We freed Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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