Re: Review incorrect man-pages commit

2022-03-21 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Branden, > > > +.q !$%&\[aq]()*,/:;<=>?@[\[rs]]\[ha]\`{|}\[ti] . > > > > I agree that nothing much is wrong with using the \[] variable > > length character escape syntax in manual pages nowadays from the > > point of view of portability. Then again, i'm not convinced that > > \[aq] is more r

Re: Review incorrect man-pages commit

2022-03-20 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Ingo, At 2022-03-20T12:41:28+0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > G. Branden Robinson wrote on Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 09:52:37PM +1100: > > If you wanted to write this without using any aliases, > > you could adopt groff syntax. > > > > +to "\fI[a\[a aa]\[a ga]\[a ad]\[a a^]\fP", that is, > > While tha

Re: Review incorrect man-pages commit

2022-03-20 Thread Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
Hi, Branden! On 3/20/22 11:52, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Sure! The punctuation does get a bit bewildering. > [...] Thanks for the great explanation! > > Now, for the part people actually care about, which is how to fix it: > take the escape character off of that `. > > You thus want >

Re: Review incorrect man-pages commit

2022-03-20 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Branden, hi Alex, G. Branden Robinson wrote on Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 09:52:37PM +1100: > If you wanted to write this without using any aliases, > you could adopt groff syntax. > > +to "\fI[a\[a aa]\[a ga]\[a ad]\[a a^]\fP", that is, While that is arguably neat, please be aware that it is sign

Re: Review incorrect man-pages commit

2022-03-20 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi, Alex! At 2022-03-20T01:04:17+0100, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: > Michael introduced the following commit, which is incorrect (triggers > a groff(1) error; see below). Do you know what is intended here? > Could you please propose a fix? Sure! The punctuation does get a bit bewilderi

Review incorrect man-pages commit

2022-03-19 Thread Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
Hi Branden, Michael introduced the following commit, which is incorrect (triggers a groff(1) error; see below). Do you know what is intended here? Could you please propose a fix? Thanks, Alex LINT (groff)tmp/lint/man7/glob.7.lint.groff.touch troff man7/glob.7 195 error '\`'