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On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 09:48:01PM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> the current wording for the option "MANROFFOPT" is:
>
> The contents of $MANROFFOPT are added to the command line every time man
> invokes the formatter (nroff, troff, or groff).
>
>
> 1) This has lead to a misconception by me, understanding "command
> line" as being for the "man" command.
>
> 2) The piece "ROFF" in the name is "buried" in the name, so it was
> not really noticed by me until now ("MAN_ROFF_OPT" would let "ROFF"
> stand out).
>
> So I suggest making it explicit what "command line" refers to:
>
> ... added to the command line of the formatter (nroff, troff, or groff)
> every time man invokes it.
Thanks for the suggestion. I found it clearer to invert the sentence as
well, so I've done that:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/man-db.git/commit/?id=55aab6c7a8ac55a39f638b4de651c6f0e2613abf
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