On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 10:15:37AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 08:39:42AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 08:20:39AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > I'm writing you because of Bug#368996 in which the reporter > > > claims that when you use the .SH macro and the parameter > > > contains a space character it should be quoted. Is this true? > > > > To the best of my knowledge, this is not the case. See groff_man(7), > > which says: > > > > .SH [text for a heading] > > Sets up an unnumbered section heading sticking out to > > the left. Prints out all the text following SH up to > > the end of the line (resp. the text in the next input > > line if there is no argument to SH) in bold face, one > > size larger than the base document size. Additionally, > > the left margin for the following text is reset to its > > default value. > > I'm reading man.7: > > If the name contains spaces and appears on the same line as .SH, > then place the heading in double quotes.
In my experience, man(7) frequently gives somewhat dubious advice, and is less authoritative than groff_man(7). Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
