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Re: [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 13/26] Man page: set filespecs and environment
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
Re: [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 13/26] Man page: set filespecs and environment variable names in italics |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:42:28 -0500 |
Hi Jean,
At 2022-07-26T14:43:21+0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Variable content in an italic context is set in roman for contrast, but
> still in italics in running roman prose.
>
> [JD: Revert some of the changes which did not belong there, and
> restored the original indentation level as I think it looked better]
I have similarly softened on the "no explicit indentation" principle I
held to 4-5 years ago. Once I got the groff man pages typesetting
nicely as a compiled document in PDF[1], the giant default indentation
grated on me more and more, especially for simple bulleted lists.
Regards,
Branden
[1] https://www.dropbox.com/sh/17ftu3z31couf07/AAC_9kq0ZA-Ra2ZhmZFWlLuva?dl=0
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- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 05/26] Man page: use font macros instead of font escapes, (continued)
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- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 07/26] Man page: escape ASCII hyphen-minus characters used as such, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 08/26] Man page: make synopsis comprehensive, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 09/26] Man page: use character escapes for directional quotes and spacing tilde, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 10/26] Man page: use "e.g." correctly, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 11/26] Man page: italicize work titles, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 12/26] Man page: update internal and external cross-references, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 13/26] Man page: set filespecs and environment variable names in italics, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- Re: [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 13/26] Man page: set filespecs and environment variable names in italics,
G. Branden Robinson <=
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 14/26] Man page: document -h flag in the Options section, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 15/26] Man page: capitalize "PDF" when not part of a filename, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 16/26] Man page: render Andreas Gruenbachers name with a u-umlaut, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 17/26] Man page: tighten summary, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 18/26] Man page: change the form of the word "subdirectory", Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 19/26] Man page: sort options in alphabetical order to ease human scanning, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 20/26] Man page: wordsmith Description section, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 21/26] Man page: wordsmith Options section, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 22/26] Man page: wordsmith Exit Status section, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26