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Re: `\c`, mdoc(7), and man(7) extension macros (was: [PATCH 1/2] man*/:


From: James K. Lowden
Subject: Re: `\c`, mdoc(7), and man(7) extension macros (was: [PATCH 1/2] man*/: srcfix)
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2023 19:30:02 -0400

On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 01:27:53 +0200
Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de> wrote:

>   .Li             very rarely useful and already deprecated

I use it all the time.  For example, 

.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm 
.Op Fl D Ns Ar name Ns Oo Li = Ns Ar value Oc

The = is not an argument.  It's a literal; that is, it stands
for itself.  It separates two arguments.  

What is the nondeprecated preferred alternative? 

--jkl



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