From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA106C433EF for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6437610F9 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231194AbhILLfA (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Sep 2021 07:35:00 -0400 Received: from mout.web.de ([217.72.192.78]:46989 "EHLO mout.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229635AbhILLfA (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Sep 2021 07:35:00 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=web.de; s=dbaedf251592; t=1631446419; bh=ER+sTjIrKjYiuX6azxzH9h4EFX/+u8AaMc0gMSU/qP0=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc; b=XvjLNzEv6G7l2Fve2FKiYFJlGtebEjVXNqmiCEr0BBpBQIM2Jcyh7YGrUd5hwBtP6 8eApoAZA1ubsvJiWSZMHT7V2TYdcYhqQxgOlZSh3FcTOLAYOotMiEuMFPnaxZ6g7lv fblZezrUpujSudbQrRkDyKNacK7c5WfZYVu+mzvw= X-UI-Sender-Class: c548c8c5-30a9-4db5-a2e7-cb6cb037b8f9 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([93.202.228.167]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb102 [213.165.67.124]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LoHgL-1mrakU0ILx-00gDqy; Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:33:39 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: BlackBerry Email (10.3.3.3216) Message-ID: <20210912113338.5181521.88860.87504@email.de> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:33:38 +0200 Subject: AW: .ad l/.ad b From: Oliver Corff In-Reply-To: References: To: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" , "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" , "G. Branden Robinson" Cc: linux-man , groff@gnu.org X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:E5FKAgBWgy3Dv1YvhIYhFZTjjJLxjocmXVtu4fH3upntcPptsIh 5nRf0XUAzPUrE6bdWlS2zwRKXglJGKxwnlAYMC+HKn+CUviZL90COGcuQWj/NsSgBI9rpMk pQu3oTkNqMbPPogrK2ht4PwM+UWY9TwhcjOyKkZBVZF5xB1nSlDyphbQzuM2L8m5Fc+Yg4J 2q9w+9OAugnBmo5QYRfAw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:SThSmjhDZXY=:9RgMe9E4ijzTU/UV/WdZmc LQK3ftuDxKggbQyEQ3NU9cgoHjKqeb+83Tc7zTgnrST94xogcbPUbpX9rH/1S8fiFzpgbfo16 M2F+4fVormSamruKLXpD75AXK84G86pYl6NDiFK690q4Rg/Xy3GIDeuC1C3aSYGIJ5BUArmRJ An2J2oOnceMfQw0fcO47gClZhenhF+BmivGSB51nH6ZBeyCtHvhbzIMQmArgC9EdFjXNQZdQ4 FqUr3IIlZdcht7+TLveLFZSUTMxIX1/2w0Thj0jGszOwepv5OYI6W2u5mY5MP7xbJ8HX5T3IS Im314fstinNuXxl6vKYxPdUSdZcZ0/ekC6N2nEEvfQRXU8s6ikyT7FzDoERu6ACbTYsDSFcGz naXamhS92+cWeMJS0PsGu5HnkA7t9MgvWCpCub/6wH6ZnQ5My4C25wzeA0S2x6QafXUE2GgjT yS2HgNSyY77drk8WCbNLNbaJEOj/w6DvMrsDSutMC3JBwLxiQ4Vy1QhcavbeNzP0qKPAK+s5M CZklaf9g4ZCAcQMnNTntTrXSDIu6CKMgDqBTUIGhr/saaP/4MKdGK7LFPFG4WlX1F8YJr/6rf /e4JYlNMONG+bzreDZugXABoIuowQN9JS7tcLZRuPubxkM9u6aYTQxNrAs33LBNP3DMx20Fmv 3QCx/10bIa9k3bkXYMTLx3h6T/hP8F3OQvTVrdZjoSfSpfcaTO3hQBt5L70eWyl6ISm/p/QFK 6Rqnd7IctDaL7vGX04K9nC8jfTq4p1cOAEEUa1LoDdJwX1fUVMd5MIWXPyNIxAL2qMGzS+FL0 kO2fCaJwqPQ1LObO59B0mbKrlVlNuvBmdoIbm1X/UZIeps+J6cGZYw8Yp26oWau5ThuIn0LUZ mPhwl2Mqgu77fRyQOktxDHouKvOcObNrKyoWo/zsNyojo48bxH9Z4FWpNQIhfHV/rf6ZFmfzF W3Sa8qpyy8rWXCe0FKbaTXCCATx6uM3sDxYe3zfLRu0pdtMp0BDX3px1RBci03R9mBW2W/iV7 cLTaCDDK3be0u+DqKmndWVYKHSGOHuG3xYGhjjCAsQWPkqRUpD7ml9cJuf+ADQnvOW6SksbAs SQh/x0SAjwUTVo= Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi, .ad Begin line adjustment for output lines in current adjust mode. .ad c Start line adjustment in mode c (c=3Dl,r,c,b,n). That looks like left, right, centered, block and neutral? Just my uninformed guess, and I am not at all sure about my impromptu Inter= pretation of 'n'. Best regards,=C2=A0 Oliver. Dr.=C2=A0Oliver=C2=A0Corff=E2=80=8E Mailto:oliver.corff@email.de =C2=A0 Originalnachricht =C2=A0 Von: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) Gesendet: Sonntag, 12. September 2021 13:13 An: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages); G. Branden Robinson Cc: linux-man; groff@gnu.org Betreff: .ad l/.ad b Hi, Branden and Michael! I've seen these in shmctl.2, and didn't know what they mean. groff(7) wasn't very helpful. [ .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .ad l .B #include .PP .BI "int shmctl(int " shmid ", int " cmd ", struct shmid_ds *" buf ); .ad b .fi ] What are those '.ad X' and do we really need them? I found some other pages that use it: [ .../linux/man-pages$ grep -rn '^\.ad b' man? man1/localedef.1:60:.ad b man2/setsid.2:40:.ad b man2/acct.2:41:.ad b man2/shmctl.2:55:.ad b man2/shmget.2:50:.ad b ] groff(7) related info: [ .ad Begin line adjustment for output lines in current adjust mode. .ad c Start line adjustment in mode c (c=3Dl,r,c,b,n). ] But what does each mode mean? I couldn't find anything about them in=20 the manual page. Thanks, Alex --=20 Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/