On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 06:17:13PM -0400, Sandro Tosi wrote: > Hello Thomas, > could you have a look at this patch a Debian user prepared for diffstat > manpage, and eventually commit it to the upstream code? > > thanks! > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 9:18 PM Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarn...@rhi.hi.is> > wrote: > > > Package: diffstat > > Version: 1.61-1+b1 > > Severity: minor > > Tags: patch > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > Input file is diffstat.1 > > > Test nr. 2: > > > Enable and fix warnings from 'test-groff'. > > > <diffstat.1>:82 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected > > <diffstat.1>:89 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected > > <diffstat.1>:185 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
I have a test-script also (thanks for the reminder). Where is "test-groff"? > > Use a macro to change to the italic font, instead of \fI [1], if > > possible. That sounds like someone is suggesting to use .I lines rather than \f embedded. I won't do that. Perhaps the suggestion was for something different. > > Test nr. 27: > > > Split lines longer than 80 characters into two or more lines. > > Appropriate break points are the end of a sentence and a subordinate > > clause. > > > diffstat.1: line 30 length 84 > > diffstat.1: line 195 length 85 > > diffstat.1: line 204 length 87 > > diffstat.1: line 251 length 82 (reminded...) > > ##### > > > Test nr. 30: > > > Surround a block of comments with the macros ".ig" and "..". > > The .\" (\#) at the beginning of each line is then not needed. > > Makes it easier to add and remove text and adjust length of lines. I won't make this change, since it does not appear to be in widespread use. > > Test nr. 40: > > > Add a comma before "and", "or", or "nor" if a series contains three or > > more words perhaps (there are differing opinions about this) -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
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