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bug #51021: [PATCH] groff_man(7) manual page: recommendations for escape sequences

Submitted by:  Ingo Schwarze <schwarze>
Submitted on:  Sat 13 May 2017 11:29:48 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: WishlistStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: None
Open/Closed: ClosedPlanned Release: None

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Tue 29 Aug 2017 09:41:38 PM UTC, comment #1:

Commited on master.

Bertrand Garrigues <bgarrigues>
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Sat 13 May 2017 11:29:48 PM UTC, original submission:

It was recently discussed on <groff@gnu.org> that including basic style recommendations into the groff_man(7) manual page would be helpful for manual page authors, both to make it easier to find low-level idioms needed in manual pages without requiring authors to read all the whole, long groff(7) and groff_char(7) manuals, and also to discourage excessive use of low level syntax that puts portability in jeopardy.

That is a very diverse topic, so i'm focussing on one very specific aspect here: recommendations for escape sequences.

Note that i'm deliberately not attempting to mix any other issues or improvements into this patch.

I have ordered the list in ASCII-alphabetic order.

Ingo Schwarze <schwarze>

 

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file #40679:  groff_man.patch added by schwarze (5KiB - text/x-patch)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 29 Aug 2017 09:41:38 PM UTCbgarriguesStatusNone=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sat 13 May 2017 11:29:48 PM UTCschwarzeAttached File-=>Added groff_man.patch, #40679

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