Hi Branden,
On 2023-08-13 18:20, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
[...]
>> Here's what Michael's commit says:
>>
>> # ".sp 1" ==> ensure a blank line before the next section heading
>>
>> (c466875ecd64 ("Various pages: Improve formatting in ATTRIBUTES"))
>
> Thanks for the context; it helps.
I had a terminal where I had nicely prepared a lot of stuff to show you,
but it seems I completely forgot about it. I had a lot more than that. :/
>
>> Yep, it explains the difference, although it doesn't explain why
>> Michael added it.
>
> Since the Linux man-pages "ATTRIBUTES" section uses a boxed table, I'm
> betting it was working around Savannah #49390.
>
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?49390
Yeah, that's what I suspected. I've killed them now. The only pages with
call now are the tz ones and bpf-helpers.7 (generated from .rst, itself
generated from kernel headers).
Cheers,
Alex
>
> The overprinting was invisible if there was no text on the line after
> the table, but it would _look_ like the omission of the space that
> normally precedes a subsequent section heading.
>
> Regards,
> Branden
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