On 8/18/07, Dominik Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 06:13:49PM +0200, Viktor Griph wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > >On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 05:26:30PM +0200, Viktor Griph wrote: > > >>On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > >>>Yes. I'm now looking at the issues brought up by requiring sed, > > >>>perl and tbl for building the docs. > > >> > > >>So, is everything ready for release? > > > > > >And is it really helpful to have tables in the man page? What's > > >the benefit of > > > > Other than the table with visuals and depth info I don't really see any > > use for them. I've been changing <informaltable> to >variablelist> in > > several places already. > > > > > > > > +--------------------------+----------------------------+ > > > | Formatting Directive | Description | > > > +--------------------------+----------------------------+ > > > |%l, %c & %r | Insert the next item | > > > | | label. Up to three labels | > > > | | can be used. The item | > > > | | column is left-aligned | > > > | | (%l), centered (%c) or | > > > | | right-aligned (%r). | > > > +--------------------------+----------------------------+ > > > |%i | Inserts the mini icon. | > > > > > >over > > > > > > %l, %c, %r > > > Insert the next item label. Up to three labels can be > > > used. The item column is left-aligned (%l), centered > > > (%c) or right-aligned (%r). > > > %i > > > Inserts the mini icon. > > > > > >I find the table harder to read, but t's easier to find an entry > > >you are looking for. It is also very uncommon to have man pages > > >with ASCII tables. > > > > I also find the variablelist better than tables for describing meaning of > > certain directives. They use the space more efficient and they don't have > > an ugly frame. > > Can you eliminate the use of tables then? I think we just have a > couple of them.
The only remaining table it the one in the description of the color-limit option. That is a legimate table. I'm not sure exactly how to eliminate it. (Thst'd the only tsble that existed in the old man page.) /Viktor
