Hi Ted,
Ted Unangst wrote on Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 07:52:38PM -0500:
> i guess.
Thanks for having a look; committed.
> What does No do? I don't see any difference.
It is useful on two different levels:
1. Semantic:
Currently, the word "..." is inside the .Ic macro.
So it means "you can repeat the previous comand here",
which means that any of the following would be valid:
args
args args
args args args
The .No takes it out of the .Ic and labels it as "no markup"
which is both customary for punctuation and also signals
"interpret this word naively rather than formally" - in this
case the intent is: Something was left out here, but we don't
say (yet) what that is.
2. Presentational:
Currectly, the "..." is bold.
The .No uses normal font instead, which is more usual
for punctuation.
These are advanced details, though. Don't worry if they seem a bit
arcane to you. Just write manuals, and jmc@ and myself will
"tweak previous" occasionally. :)
> I definitely would prefer to avoid long strings of ]]]]]]]]]].
True, that would make the synopsis harder to understand.
Yours,
Ingo
