Re: [PATCH] ...: srcfix: 's/^.nf$/.EX/; s/^.fi$/.EE/'

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On 11/16/20 11:28 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
[...]
> 
> I took a closer look [1], and it looks like only a minority
> of these should be changed.
> 
> There are some that probably should be fixed (e.g., EXAMPLES)
> to use .EX/.EE. I just fixed some of those.
> 
> But in other cases (e.g., perfmonctl.2, fenv.3), there are
> inline function prototypes (as in SYNOPSIS) or some cases
> where .nf/.fi is really being used to stop line filling.
> 
> Sometimes, in the latter case, .nf/.fi is being used to do
> a "poor man's" table (e.g., see ioctl_tty.2); those should
> be converted to real tables, since the "poor man's" version
> does not render well in PDF (e.g., ioctl_tty.2). I just
> fixed a few of the worst cases.
> 
> Of the remaining uses of .nf/.fi, I didn't notice any cases that
> really bothered me. Maybe at this point it's a case of 
> "move along, there's nothing to see here" :-).

I see, those are not the droids I was looking for :-)

Cheers,

Alex



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