The following reply was made to PR docs/84956; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen)
To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/84956: [patch] intro(5) manpage doesn't mention API
coverage
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:34:27 -0700
Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> writes:
> such characters. This is why I used \& to protect the space before the
> dot.
You wanted "``.h''", so there is no space. But I can believe it is
sometimes needed and maybe should be a habit within macros.
> The extra markup is not only a matter of "having the right output
> format", but it's also (ala SGML) a matter of making the structure of
> the text apparent.
The structure of "(something)" is more apparent than ".Pq something",
IMO. BTW, the mdoc(7) source is loaded with in-line parens.
> It did cross my mind. So you think we have no good place for them, and
> the change should be done to intro(5)?
If moving was fast and easy, I'd probably move them to section 7, but
it's not, so yes.
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