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Re: [groff] 01/03: **/*.man: Eliminate blank lines in man pages.


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: [groff] 01/03: **/*.man: Eliminate blank lines in man pages.
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:07:38 +0000

Hi Ingo,

> 3. In tmac/groff_trace.7.man, the blank lines you changed to .P
>    are inside .EX blocks.  As far as i know, both blank lines
>    and .P work portably in .nf mode and hence in .EX blocks and
>    .Bd -unfilled and .Bd -literal.

They give very different results though.  A blank line's vertical space
will be that of the other non-blank lines whereas a .P's can be
different, e.g. -Tpdf.  And .P will reset the left margin and indent.

It's important to remember that the world is not a TTY.  ;-)

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.



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