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Line 52 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
loc ** exist *** algo * size * imp * |
loc ** exist *** algo * size * imp * |
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- .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+) |
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found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
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- .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) |
- .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) |
when implementing this, also let .TH set it |
when implementing this, also let .TH set it |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * |
loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * |
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- .while and .shift |
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found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200 |
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- \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement |
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found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
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- \w'' improve width measurements |
- \w'' improve width measurements |
would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below |
would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below |
needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
loc ** exist *** algo *** size * imp *** |
loc ** exist *** algo *** size * imp *** |
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- \\ in high-level macro arguments |
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Currently, \\ is expanded in two situations: |
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1) macro and string definition (roff.c setstrn()) |
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2) macro argument parsing (mandoc.c mandoc_getarg()) |
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For user defined macros, the second happens in time because of ROFF_REPARSE. |
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But for standard high-level macros, it only happens after entering the |
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high level parsers, which is too late because the code doesn't get |
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back to roff.c roff_res() from that point. Because this requires |
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distinguishing requests, user-defined macros and standard macros |
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on the roff_res() level, it is hard to solve without the parser reorg. |
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Found by naddy@ in devel/cutils cobfusc(1) Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:10:52 +0100 |
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- using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty |
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wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 |
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--- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- |
--- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- |
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- .Bl -column .Xo support is missing |
- .Bl -column .Xo support is missing |
Line 106 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 77 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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from jmc@ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:10:32 +0100 |
from jmc@ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:10:32 +0100 |
loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp ** |
loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp ** |
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- .Bd -centered implies -filled, not -unfilled, which is not |
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easy to implement; it requires code similar to .ce, which |
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we don't have either. |
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Besides, groff has bug causing text right *before* .Bd -centered |
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to be centered as well. |
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loc *** exist *** algo ** size ** imp ** (parser reorg would help) |
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- .Bd -filled should not be the same as .Bd -ragged, but align both |
- .Bd -filled should not be the same as .Bd -ragged, but align both |
the left and right margin. In groff, it is implemented in terms |
the left and right margin. In groff, it is implemented in terms |
of .ad b, which we don't have either. Found in cksum(1). |
of .ad b, which we don't have either. Found in cksum(1). |
Line 146 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 110 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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is not safe, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Pf a b .' gives "ab." |
is not safe, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Pf a b .' gives "ab." |
but should give "ab ." |
but should give "ab ." |
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- check whether it is correct that `D1' uses INDENT+1; |
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does it need its own constant? |
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- prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children |
- prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children |
(e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1) |
(e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1) |
(mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified) |
(mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified) |
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Line 130 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200 |
uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200 |
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loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ** |
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--- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- groff_www(7) .MTO and .URL |
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These macros were used by the GNU grep(1) man page. |
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The groff_www(7) manual page itself uses them, too. |
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We should probably *not* add them to mandoc. |
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Just mentioning this here to keep track of the abuse. |
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Laura Morales <lauretas at mail dot com> 20 Apr 2018 07:33:02 +0200 |
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--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- the "s" layout column specifier is used for placement of data |
- vertical centering in cells vertically spanned with ^ |
into columns, but ignored during column width calculations |
pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200 |
synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 |
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- support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code; |
- support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code; |
probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7) |
probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7) |
Line 184 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 153 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port, |
- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port, |
they use some unsupported tbl(7) features. |
they use some unsupported tbl(7) features, mostly macros in tbl(7). |
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- look what Joerg Schilling manual pages use |
- look what Joerg Schilling manual pages use |
Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:31:48 +0100 |
Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:31:48 +0100 |
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- use Unicode U+2500 to U+256C for table borders |
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in tbl(7) -Tutf-8 output |
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suggested by bentley@ Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:10:55 -0600 |
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--- missing eqn features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing eqn features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line. |
- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line. |
Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. |
Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. Suggested by Avi Weinstock. |
Suggested by Avi Weinstock. |
This may not be the ideal solution after all: eqn(7) matrices |
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are lists of columns, so Avi's proposal would show each *column* |
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on its own *line*, which is likely to cause confusion. |
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A better solution, but much harder to implement, would be to |
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actually show the coordinates of column vectors on different |
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terminal output lines, using the clumnated output facilities |
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developed for .Bl -tag, .Bl -column, and also used for tbl(7). |
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- The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter. |
- The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter. |
loc * exist * algo * size * imp * |
loc * exist * algo * size * imp * |
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surrounded by blanks, not when it is part of an unquoted word. |
surrounded by blanks, not when it is part of an unquoted word. |
Also, check whether there are more such cases (e.g., +?). |
Also, check whether there are more such cases (e.g., +?). |
reported by bentley@ 20 Jun 2017 02:04:29 -0600 |
reported by bentley@ 20 Jun 2017 02:04:29 -0600 |
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- Primes, opprime, and ' |
- Primes, opprime, and ' |
bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:14:20 -0600 |
bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:14:20 -0600 |
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--- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- |
--- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- |
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- man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally |
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- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode |
- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode |
Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 |
Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 |
loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp * |
loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp * |
Line 354 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 327 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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- a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace |
- a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace |
and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1) |
and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1) |
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This will become easier once escape sequences are represented |
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by syntax tree nodes. |
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loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp ** |
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- formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc |
- formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc |
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* warning issues |
* warning issues |
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- When a man(1) command returns no result and there was an -S |
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argument, check the -S argument against the list of valid |
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architectures and say "Unknown architecture AAA" rather than |
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"No entry for NNN in the manual" if there is no match. |
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Requires moving the lists of valid architectures out of |
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mdoc_validate.c such that they can be used by main.c. |
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Discussed with jmc@ 10 Aug 2018 19:20:12 +0100. |
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- warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads |
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gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200 |
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- style message about macros inside .Bd -literal and .Dl, in particular |
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font changing macros like .Cm, .Ar, .Fa (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- style message about mismatches between the section number in the |
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file name (if it is known) and the section number in .Dt |
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(from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- style message about NULL without .Dv (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- style message about error constants without .Er (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros |
- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros |
Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034 |
Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034 |
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- style message about violations of the convention |
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.An name Aq Mt localpart@domain in AUTHORS (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- warn about attempts to call non-callable macros |
- warn about attempts to call non-callable macros |
Steffen Nurpmeso Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:55:16 +0100 |
Steffen Nurpmeso Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:55:16 +0100 |
Note that formatting is inconsistent in groff. |
Note that formatting is inconsistent in groff. |
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Line 485 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different. |
all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different. |
loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** |
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- mandoc_special does not really check the escape sequence, |
- warn about punctuation - e.g. ',' and ';' - at the beginning |
but just the overall format |
of a text line, if it is likely intended to follow the preceding |
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output without intervening whitespace, in particular after a |
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macro line (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- makewhatis -p complains about language subdirectories: |
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/usr/local/man//ru: Unknown directory part |
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* documentation issues |
* documentation issues |
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- dashes, hyphens, and minus signs in manual pages |
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jmc@ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:19:27 +0000 |
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- mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain |
- mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain |
is this useful? |
is this useful? |
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* performance issues |
* performance issues |
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- Why are we using MAP_SHARED, not MAP_PRIVATE for mmap(2)? |
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from kristaps@ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:51:36 +0200 |
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Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are |
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- the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets |
- the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets |
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Line 545 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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Line 544 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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- Enable HTTP compression by detecting gzip encoding and filtering |
- Enable HTTP compression by detecting gzip encoding and filtering |
output through libz. |
output through libz. |
- Sandbox (see OpenSSH). |
- Privilege separation (see OpenSSH). |
- Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since. |
- Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since. |
- Have Mac OSX systems automatically disable -static compilation of the |
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CGI: -static isn't supported. |
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* to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros |
* to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros |
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- .Cd # arch1, arch2 in section 4 pages: |
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find better way to indicate multiple architectures, maybe: |
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allow .Dt vgafb 4 "macppc sparc64" |
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already shown as "Device Drivers Manual (macppc sparc64)" |
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for apropos, make that "vgafb(4) - macppc # sparc64" instead of "- all" |
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groff can be made to show multiple arches, too, but it is |
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tedious to do the string parsing in roff code... |
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jmc@ 23 Apr 2018 07:24:52 +0100 [man for vgafb(4)...] |
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- use uname(1) to set doc-default-operating-system at install time |
- use uname(1) to set doc-default-operating-system at install time |
tobimensch Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:25:07 +0100 |
tobimensch Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:25:07 +0100 |