reassign 462974 xtermcontrol thanks On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:41:10PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Package: man-db > Version: 2.5.0-4 > Severity: normal > > The whatis utility fails to detect the subject for some commands. > For instance: > > vin:~> whatis xtermcontrol > xtermcontrol (1) - (unknown subject) > > I've attached what I obtain with the --debug option. > > The beginning of the xtermcontrol.1 file: > > .\" troff > .ds x xtermcontrol > .TH XTERMCONTROL 1 "September 03, 2007" "xtermcontrol 2.9" "User Commands" > .SH NAME > .\" the x macro is the package name > \*x \- dynamic control of XFree86 xterm properties. > > Perhaps because of the string variable?
Indeed. xtermcontrol is being overly clever here and should stop doing so in the NAME section. See lexgrog(1). (It's OK to use \*x in the rest of the page. If you want to do this in the NAME section, you'd need to use the mdoc macros instead; see groff_mdoc(7).) > Same problem for rxvt-xterm, whose man page starts with: > > .TH "RXVT" "1" "02 NOVEMBER 2001" "X Version 11" "X Tools" > .SH "NAME" > rxvt (ouR XVT) \- a VT102 emulator for the X window system Please file a separate bug against rxvt for this. Again, see lexgrog(1); the bit before \- must be just the name of the manual page, or possibly several names separated by commas. I would recommend expanding the abbreviation in the DESCRIPTION section instead. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
