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Re: [bug-gawk] Avoid Hyphenation in gawk(1) Email Address.


From: arnold
Subject: Re: [bug-gawk] Avoid Hyphenation in gawk(1) Email Address.
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:50:57 -0600
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Hi.

Thanks for the suggestion and demonstration of the fix. I'll
get this into the code base (eventually).  Several things are
backed up right now. :-(

Thanks,

Arnold

Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My recent attempt at mailing this list failed because `man gawk' split
> the email address at its built-in hyphen and I only pasted the second
> part.  Please consider telling troff not to hyphenate that word.  There
> may be other similar cases.
>
>     $ echo $MANOPT
>     --nh --nj
>     $
>     $ diff gawk.1 new-gawk.1
>     4045c4045
>     < .BR address@hidden .
>     ---
>     > .BR address@hidden .
>     $
>     $ diff <(man ./gawk.1) <(man ./new-gawk.1)
>     2022,2026c2022,2026
>     <        If you find a bug in gawk, please send electronic mail to bug-
>     <        address@hidden  Please include your operating system and its 
> revision,
>     <        the version of gawk (from gawk --version), which C compiler you 
> used to
>     <        compile it, and a test program and data that are as small as 
> possible
>     <        for reproducing the problem.
>     ---
>     >        If you find a bug in gawk, please send electronic mail to
>     >        address@hidden  Please include your operating system and its
>     >        revision, the version of gawk (from gawk --version), which C 
> compiler
>     >        you used to compile it, and a test program and data that are as 
> small
>     >        as possible for reproducing the problem.
>     $
>
> -- 
> Cheers, Ralph.
> https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
>



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