On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 12:02:53AM -0800, Andrew Pimlott wrote:
>This old bug just tripped me. It appears trivial to fix with this
>patch. I don't know roff, but this seems to have the right effect, and
>you notice the tip-off "bv" ("bar vertical", "box vertical"?). Someone
>who knows roff could tell if this is the "right" fix (is tchrist still
>active?), but this change seems harmless.
>
>--- /usr/share/perl/5.8.8/Pod/Man.pm 2006-03-07 00:01:39.000000000 -0800
>+++ - 2006-03-07 00:02:16.902649000 -0800
>@@ -74,11 +74,10 @@
> ..
> .\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will
> .\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left
>-.\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote. | will give a
>-.\" real vertical bar. \*(C+ will give a nicer C++. Capital omega is used to
>+.\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote.
>+.\" \*(C+ will give a nicer C++. Capital omega is used to
> .\" do unbreakable dashes and therefore won't be available. \*(C` and \*(C'
> .\" expand to `' in nroff, nothing in troff, for use with C<>.
>-.tr \(*W-|\(bv\*(Tr
> .ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p'
> .ie n \{\
> . ds -- \(*W-
Russ Allbery maintains podlators now.
This may well be fixed in the most recent version for cases of literal
text (which I presume is the case you're trying to fix).
Russ, similarly to "-" is literal text, should (is?) | now left
unchanged?
--bod
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