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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
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On Monday,  2 August 1999 at 19:24:33 +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> [.....]
>> As for a comment in a follow-up to Bruce's message, if you learn mdoc,
>> it is not that illegible.  I can write most mdoc man pages from scratch
>> off the top of my head.  I've converted  man pages from the old -man
>> package to -mdoc by hand without ever having to refer to the man pages.
>> Yes, it is a little clumbsy at times.  But having the same text repeated
>> twice just for quoting make it twice as likely that someone
>> won't correct all of the text when making changes.
>
> Hmm, sounds like you know a bit about mdoc :-)  Do you (or anybody
> else reading) know how to make this work ?
>
> Index: ppp.8
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8,v
> retrieving revision 1.184
> diff -u -r1.184 ppp.8
> --- ppp.8       1999/07/29 14:37:26     1.184
> +++ ppp.8       1999/08/02 18:22:49
> @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
>  .Fl background |
>  .Fl ddial |
>  .Fl direct |
> -.Fl dedicated
> +.Fl dedicated |
> +.Fl interactive
>  .Oc
>  .Op Fl alias
>  .Op Ar system Ns
>
> 'cos I'm buggered if I can :-(

Looks like a bug to me.  Not the only one in mdoc.

Greg
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