Re: mm(7) DT string and super/subscripts (was: troff Memorandum Macros documentation derived from the paper "MM - Memorandum Macros")

2021-08-11 Thread Dave Kemper
On 8/9/21, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > \v'-.5'\s-4\&2\s0\v'.5' > > The use of \&, unnecessary here as far as I know, suggests to me that > someone got burned by the magic syntax of the \s escape sequence. The \& is unnecessary for correct machine parsing, but it surely aids human eyes, w

Re: nesting lists in man(7) pages

2021-08-11 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Branden, G. Branden Robinson wrote on Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 01:16:45AM +1000: > At 2021-08-04T13:33:30+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: >> I can confirm Branden's observation that lists are where people (and >> even more so, tools automatically generating man(7) code) often >> produce low-quality man