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commit 2c2a4207ef4ad921fa26088d246a0b20e0e2d4be
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jun 15 15:52:38 2024 -0500
NEWS: Tweak man(7) synopsis item.
* There's no need for a narrow space escape sequence where a word break
will occur.
* Clarify that all we have done is add one macro call to each example.
---
NEWS | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 292d9b76e..ffb2fca97 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ o The behavior of the an (man) package's `SY` and `YS`
macros has been
.
.SY mv
.I source
- \&.\|.\|.\|
+ \&.\|.\|.
.I destination-directory
.YS
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ o The behavior of the an (man) package's `SY` and `YS`
macros has been
.P
.SY mv
.I source
- \&.\|.\|.\|
+ \&.\|.\|.
.I destination-directory
.YS
- (That is, simply call a paragraphing macro.)
+ (That is, simply add a paragraphing macro.)
And where before you would write...
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ o The behavior of the an (man) package's `SY` and `YS`
macros has been
.B \-\-help
.YS
- (That is, simply call `YS` after the first synopsis item.)
+ (That is, simply add `YS` after the first synopsis item.)
Likely the biggest benefit of these changes is that it is now much
easier to format C function prototypes with these macros. Here's how
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