Bug 9514 - Markup error in makestrs.1x man page
Summary: Markup error in makestrs.1x man page
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: * Other (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: high normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2007-01-02 08:10 UTC by Eric S. Raymond
Modified: 2007-01-02 17:50 UTC (History)
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Description Eric S. Raymond 2007-01-02 08:10:49 UTC 
Dot or single-quote at start of line turns it into a garbage command.
This is a serious error; some lines of your page get silently lost
when it is formatted.

--- makestrs.1x-orig	2006-12-21 11:37:45.000000000 -0500
+++ makestrs.1x	2006-12-21 11:38:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 <text>
 .RE
 .RS 4
-...
+\&...
 .RE
 .RS 4
 <text>
@@ -130,25 +130,25 @@
 <text>
 .RE
 .RS 4
-...
+\&...
 .RE
 .RS 4
 <text>
 .RE
 .RS 4
- ...
+\& ...
 .RE
 .RS 4
 \&#table <tablename>
 .RE
 .RS 4
- ...]
+\& ...]
 .RE
 .RS 4
 [#file <filename>
 .RE
 .RS 4
- ...]
+\& ...]
 .RE
 .LP
 In words you may have one or more #file directives. Each #file may have
Comment 1 Alan Coopersmith 2007-01-02 17:50:21 UTC 
Thanks for the fix - committed to git master:

commit 67772a3f39c5e8c4019336b0bf4d32e70726b0c0
Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 2 17:49:17 2007 -0800

    Bug 9514: Markup error in makestrs.1x man page
    
    <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9514>

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