On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 12:43:20PM -0400, sven falempin wrote: > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:15 PM Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 11:56:26AM -0400, sven falempin wrote: > > > Dear reader, > > > > > > If you look an option, the options section does not tell you how to set it > > > ( nor where ) > > > at least this creates a searchable ref between the set ( which you cannot > > > find looking for set > > > because of the [t] ). > > > > > > > hi. > > > > it's probably not explicit since it's fairly straightforward, and > > there's an example near page top. > > > > still, your point is a fair one. but there's no "OPTIONS" section - just > > "SET OPTIONS", and that doesn;t fit into the text. i wonder if it > > wouldn;t make sense to rearrange the text at the start of SET OPTIONS. > > > > SET OPTIONS > > There are a large number of options that may be set (or unset) > > to change the editor's behaviour. > > > > we could change that to sth like: > > > > SET OPTIONS > > There are a large number of options that can change the editor's > > behaviour, using the set command. > > > > would that address your issue? > > jmc > > > > Ok, SET OPTIONS is written as `.Sh SET OPTIONS` , > and yes > I did not understand that SET was the command, > not why the sections was named like that . > At first I just enter option=value in the .exrc file '-_- > > Nevertheless this is still less easy as you cannot search '/set' in > the man because of the se[t] > and the fact that set is very common word. > Looking for OPTIONS ( not options ) should reveal the link between the two > IMHO. > > -Display or set editor options. > + Display or > + .Sx SET OPTIONS > + of the editor. >
i thought of this but, to my knowledge, we've never used an Sx as a kind of inline text. but i suppose it could be this way too. > And your text change really does not hurt . > > Best. > that would leave the diff below. anyone? jmc Index: vi.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/vi/docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1,v retrieving revision 1.76 diff -u -r1.76 vi.1 --- vi.1 21 May 2019 09:24:58 -0000 1.76 +++ vi.1 3 Oct 2019 17:01:14 -0000 @@ -2089,7 +2089,9 @@ .Op option? ... .Op Ar all .Xc -Display or set editor options. +Display or +.Sx SET OPTIONS +of the editor. .Pp .It Cm sh Ns Op Cm ell Run a shell program. @@ -2273,9 +2275,11 @@ not in .Nm ex . .Sh SET OPTIONS -There are a large number of options that may be set -.Pq or unset -to change the editor's behavior. +There are a large number of options that can +change the editor's behavior, +using the +.Cm set +command. This section describes the options, their abbreviations and their default values. .Pp
