On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Marek Rouchal wrote:
> This was a warning and was removed - IMHO it is not
> good style to have L<...> span more than one line.
> What do you think?
I'd tend to agree that it's usually "not good style" but I can
easily think of ways in which it could happen either deliberately
(particularly if the text is long) or accidentally (e.g. re-formatting a
paragraph).
Warning against multi-line L<..> commands sounds to me a little bit like
an arbitrary limitation in a language that generally tries to avoid
arbitrary limitations. Or enforcing a specific "style" on a community
that specifically embraces diversity of styles and that tries to be
"liberal" in what it accepts. (Yes, I know it's "only" a warning and not
a big deal either way.)
I'd say leave it alone. (Though perhaps some sort of optional warning is
ok. If you're familiar with groff's eqn, I'm imagining something like eqn
-N, which prohibits newlines within delimiters.)
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Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
