From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] prctl.2 man page updates for Linux 5.6
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 14:52:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKgNAkhrjuAXOey2Mp64oitqyjyTu1Zbtx0dy5J2-qzpyFf33Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200729145630.GH21941@arm.com>
> > > There is already inconsistency here: there are may top-level
> > > lists using ".IP *" in prctl.2, and plenty of places where the
> > > default indentation is used.
> >
> > I must admit that I'm in the process of rethinking bulleted lists, and
> > I have not come to a conclusion (and that's why nothing is said in
> > man-pages(7), and also why there is currently inconsistency).
> >
> > Using .IP with the default indent (8n) results in a very deep indent
> > between the glyph and the text, so it's not my preference.
>
> Is it worth trying to change the default indent in the macro package, or
> will that just upset other people?
I imagine it would break other stuff.
Thanks,
Michael
--
Michael Kerrisk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-04 12:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-24 17:36 [PATCH v3 0/2] prctl.2 man page updates for Linux 5.6 Dave Martin
2020-06-24 17:36 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] prctl.2: Add SVE prctls (arm64) Dave Martin
2020-06-26 11:23 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-06-24 17:36 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] prctl.2: Add tagged address ABI control " Dave Martin
2020-06-26 11:23 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-06-29 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] prctl.2 man page updates for Linux 5.6 Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-20 16:52 ` Dave Martin
2020-07-20 21:31 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-29 14:56 ` Dave Martin
2020-08-04 12:52 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
2020-08-06 2:34 ` bulleted lists and indentation (was: prctl.2 man page updates for Linux 5.6) G. Branden Robinson
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