svn commit: r367142 - head/usr.bin/fmt

xtouqh at icloud.com xtouqh at icloud.com
Thu Oct 29 18:47:38 UTC 2020


Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> Author: fernape (ports committer)
> Date: Thu Oct 29 18:37:20 2020
> New Revision: 367142
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367142
> 
> Log:
>    fmt(1): Add EXAMPLES section
>    
>    Very small EXAMPLES section.
>    
>    While here, remove reference to nroff(1).
>    
>    Approved by:	manpages (bcr@)
>    Differential Revision:		https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26947
> 
> Modified:
>    head/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1
> 
> Modified: head/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1	Thu Oct 29 18:34:47 2020	(r367141)
> +++ head/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1	Thu Oct 29 18:37:20 2020	(r367142)
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
>   .\"
>   .\" Modified by Gareth McCaughan to describe the new version of `fmt'
>   .\" rather than the old one.
> -.Dd December 1, 2017
> +.Dd October 29, 2020
>   .Dt FMT 1
>   .Os
>   .Sh NAME
> @@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ Try to format mail header lines contained in the input
>   Format lines beginning with a
>   .Ql \&.
>   (dot) character.
> -Normally,
> -.Nm
> -does not fill these lines, for compatibility with
> -.Xr nroff 1 .

Was the behavior of fmt(1) really changed? If not, you could just 
replace ".Xr nroff 1 ." with ".Nm nroff . ".

>   .It Fl p
>   Allow indented paragraphs.
>   Without the
> @@ -159,10 +155,23 @@ environment variables affect the execution of
>   .Nm
>   as described in
>   .Xr environ 7 .
> +.Sh EXAMPLES
> +Center the text in standard input:
> +.Bd -literal -offset indent
> +$ echo -e 'The merit of all things\enlies\enin their difficulty' | fmt -c
> +                     The merit of all things
> +                               lies
> +                       in their difficulty
> +.Ed
> +.Pp
> +Format the text in standard input collapsing spaces:
> +.Bd -literal -offset indent
> +$ echo -e 'Multiple   spaces    will be collapsed' | fmt -s
> +Multiple spaces will be collapsed
> +.Ed
>   .Sh SEE ALSO
>   .Xr fold 1 ,
> -.Xr mail 1 ,
> -.Xr nroff 1
> +.Xr mail 1
>   .Sh HISTORY
>   The
>   .Nm


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