Hi Branden,
On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 01:07:03PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2023-10-28T18:22:52+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > I meant to ask if modifying RS's behavior to not break after TP was
> > something you'd consider viable.
>
> Ahh. Hmm. Can you show me an exhibit of desired output?
I'd like both sections to be identical in the following page (with the
behavior of the first one).
$ cat RS.man
.TH RS 7 to-morrow Alex
.SH Continuing TP with IP
.TP
tag
First paragraph.
.IP
Second paragraph.
.SH Continuing TP with RS
.TP
tag
.RS
First paragraph.
.PP
Second paragraph.
.RE
$ MANWIDTH=72 man ./RS.man | cat
RS(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual RS(7)
Continuing TP with IP
tag First paragraph.
Second paragraph.
Continuing TP with RS
tag
First paragraph.
Second paragraph.
Alex to‐morrow RS(7)
>
> > $ MANWIDTH=82 man groff_man_style | wc
> > 1442 10152 81154
> > $ MANWIDTH=83 man groff_man_style | wc
> > 1435 10156 80990
>
> Only thing I can guess here is that man-db man(1) runs sandboxed and so
> might not be running a groff from $HOME.
Heh, I've managed to reproduce it! It seems I run that thing just
before installing groff from git in this computer:
$ /usr/bin/groff --version | head -n1
GNU groff version 1.23.0
$ /usr/local/bin/groff --version | head -n1
GNU groff version 1.23.0.497-e982
$ MANROFFOPT=--version man man | head -n1
GNU nroff (groff) version 1.23.0.497-e982
$ PATH=/usr/bin
$ MANROFFOPT=--version man man | head -n1
GNU nroff (groff) version 1.23.0
$ MANWIDTH=80 man groff_man_style | wc
1439 9943 81331
>
> > Me too. I remember my promise to review it; I'm just very slow; even
> > slower than sloppy recuriters.
>
> I had no idea such a low speed was possible.
I've taken an entire year to read the Picture of Dorian Gray, if that
gives you an idea. :D
Cheers,
Alex
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