On 10/2/20 10:27 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On 2020-10-02 22:14, Paul Eggert wrote: > > On 10/2/20 11:38 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > >> .I void * > >> > >> renders with a space in between. > > > > That's odd, as "man(7)" says "All of the arguments will be printed next > > to each other without intervening spaces". I'd play it safe and quote > > the arg anyway. > > Oops, that's a bug in man(7). > Don't worry about it. I'm not sure where that text in man(7) comes from. However, for clarity I would normally also use quotes in this case. > Michael, you might want to have a look at it. > > I'll also add Branden, who might have something to say about it. Yes, maybe Branden can add some insight. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
