URL:
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Summary: [Patch] Manuals: Adjust space between sentences or
protect the indicator
Project: GNU troff
Submitted by: bjarniig
Submitted on: Tue 27 Jun 2017 07:11:30 PM UTC
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Planned Release: None
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Details:
("Indicator" is an "end-of-sentence character" (.!?)).
The space between sentences in "roff" is two spaces.
Better is to begin each sentence on a new line to avoid different
writers' conventions.
References:
1) man-pages(7) from package "man-pages" or
"www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages" section 7 or
"man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/man-pages.7.html":
"New sentences should be started on new lines.
This makes it easier to see the effect of patches,
which often operate at the level of individual sentences."
2) groff_diff(7) in package "groff":
"In GNU troff, as in UNIX troff, you should always follow a sentence
with either a newline or two spaces."
3) "info groff":
Search for the word "sentence" in the output to get more hints about input
conventions.
The patch is in the attachment.
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File Attachments:
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Date: Tue 27 Jun 2017 07:11:30 PM UTC Name:
0001-Adjust-space-after-end-of-sentences-or-protect-indicat.txt.gz Size: 3kB
By: bjarniig
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=41057>
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