svn commit: r295169 - head/usr.sbin/sysrc

[Benjamin Kaduk]

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Devin Teske <dteske at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2016-02-02 at 16:03 -0600, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Devin Teske <dteske at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Author: dteske
> Date: Tue Feb  2 21:58:17 2016
> New Revision: 295169
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/295169
>
> Log:
>   Replace (Qo \  Qc) with (Qo (space) Qc)
>
>   When using col(1) piped to vim(1) as pager for man(1), the former
> sequence
>   of (Qo \  Qc) renders as "" without the space. Replace with (Qo (space)
> Qc)
>   which renders properly in more (all?) pagers.
>
>
> mdoc(7) also suggests using double-quotes (" ") to escape literal spaces;
> did you try that?
>
>
> Did not try -- tried just now and it works. Will update with a commit.
>
> However... /me opens "man mdoc"
> (20 minutes later; confused as to where)
>
> I've read mdoc(7) several times and have never seen such a clarification.
> (which I might add; would be mighty useful if you can find it)
>
>
The shame is on me; I had opened the system mdoc(7) on OS X, which is
actually groff_mdoc(7).  There is a subsection therein "Passing Space
Characters in an Argument" which has the text in question.  I guess I need
to spend more time with the mdocml mdoc(7) to get used to what it contains
(and does not contain).

Sorry for sending you down the wrong rabbit hole...

-Ben