Hi Alex,
At 2023-03-25T20:38:39+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On 3/25/23 09:40, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
[man pages using the `hw` *roff request to override hyphenation]
> > This is true, and I do on rare occasions see man pages doing this.
>
> Maybe it would be a good thing for man.local?
Hi Branden, Dave,
On 3/25/23 09:40, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2023-03-24T13:29:32-0500, Dave Kemper wrote:
>> In regular roff documents, one can also use the .hw request to
>> globally suppress hyphenation of specified words. This is often
>> preferable, as it doesn't require the user to (
At 2023-03-24T13:29:32-0500, Dave Kemper wrote:
> On 3/24/23, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > This means that mdoc(7) authors will need to learn a habit that is often
> > neglected by their man(7) rivals as well:
> >
> > Use the hyphenation control escape sequence wherever necessary. It can
> > su
On 3/24/23, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> This means that mdoc(7) authors will need to learn a habit that is often
> neglected by their man(7) rivals as well:
>
> Use the hyphenation control escape sequence wherever necessary. It can
> suppress hyphenation of _any_ word it prefixes in _any_ contex
Hi Branden,
On 3/24/23 06:55, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
[...]
> Perhaps instead:
>
> At the beginning of a word, it suppresses any hyphenation breaks
> within _except_ those specified with \%.
>
> Here is a fixed version of the reproducer:
>
> .Dd June 7, 2010
> .Dt timeradd 3bsd
> .Os
>
At 2023-03-24T00:55:50-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> I can reproduce the problem. In groff Git what is also noticeable
> is that groff mdoc(7) now adjusts to both margins by default as is
> historically correct for man pages. (Yes, you can turn this off; see
> groff_mdoc(7).)
>
> But it is
At 2023-03-24T14:08:49+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > \% is desperately underused, despite being as portable as anything
> > is in *roff. Learn it, live it, love it!
>
> While I could even buy you that \% might not be a good default for
> man(7)'s .B and .I, you can't buy that \% is not _alwa
Hi Alex,
At 2023-03-23T23:53:18+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> I saw yesterday something that might have to do with this. Check the
> timespecsub(3bsd) man (actually mdoc(7)) page, and in the SYNOPSYS
> you'll find some weird filled function prototypes. I tried adding
> hyphens to them, to see
Including the attachment this time.
At 2023-03-24T00:55:50-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Please find a patch attached--it fixes adjustment for me; how about
> you?
diff --git a/tmac/mdoc/doc-common b/tmac/mdoc/doc-common
index 53a25659f..df10ebd7d 100644
--- a/tmac/mdoc/doc-common
+++ b/tmac/
