* Use paragraphing macros to put vertical space above and below the tables (where not already present) so that they looks more like typographical "displays".[1] * Simplify "XY" table definition (see groff's tbl(1) man page). This simpler definition has the same result (and is more adaptable in the event the text of the table is revised). * Put horizontal rule below column headings in table that uses them. * Use thin space escape sequences `\|` between the dots of an ellipsis; effect visible only on typesetting devices.[2] I left the dummy character escape sequence `\&` trailing it intact, but observe for the edification of nit-pickers that it has no effect in this context.[3]
[1] man(7) implementations are historically inconsistent with respect to
whether a `TS` macro call should put any vertical space on the
output, and compositional practices on the part of man page authors
have thus been, to quote Ingo Schwarze, "wildly inconsistent".
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62841
[2] groff_man_style(7):
Examples of ellipsis usage are shown above, in subsection
“Synopsis macros”. The idiomatic roff ellipsis is three dots
(periods) with thin space escape sequences \| internally
separating them.
[3] tbl(1):
Ordinarily, a table entry is typeset rigidly. It is not filled,
broken, hyphenated, adjusted, or populated with supplemental inter‐
sentence space.
---
find/find.1 | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1
index 0fdc4942..77ce82db 100644
--- a/find/find.1
+++ b/find/find.1
@@ -940,18 +940,16 @@ .SS TESTS
.BR equal .
The letters \fIX\fR and \fIY\fR can be any of the following letters:
.
+.IP
.TS
-ll
-ll
-ll
-ll
-llw(2i).
+LL.
a The access time of the file \fIreference\fR
B The birth time of the file \fIreference\fR
c The inode status change time of \fIreference\fR
m The modification time of the file \fIreference\fR
t \fIreference\fR is interpreted directly as a time
.TE
+.IP
.
Some combinations are invalid; for example, it is invalid for
.I X
@@ -2722,9 +2720,11 @@ .SH COMPATIBILITY
exit status was unaffected by the failure of
.BR \-delete .
.
+.P
.TS
l l l .
Feature Added in Also occurs in
+_
\-files0\-from 4.9.0
\-newerXY 4.3.3 BSD
\-D 4.3.1
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ .SH COMPATIBILITY
\-writable 4.3.0
\-executable 4.3.0
\-regextype 4.2.24
-\-exec ...\& + 4.2.12 POSIX
+\-exec .\|.\|.\& + 4.2.12 POSIX
\-execdir 4.2.12 BSD
\-okdir 4.2.12
\-samefile 4.2.11
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