[bug #51328] [Patch] Manuals: Adjust space between sentences or protect the indicator

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51328>

                 Summary: [Patch] Manuals: Adjust space between sentences or
protect the indicator
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: bjarniig
            Submitted on: Tue 27 Jun 2017 07:11:30 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

    _______________________________________________________

Details:


("Indicator" is an "end-of-sentence character" (.!?)).

The space between sentences in "roff" is two spaces.
Better is to begin each sentence on a new line to avoid different
writers' conventions.

  References:

  1) man-pages(7) from package "man-pages" or
"www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages" section 7 or
"man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/man-pages.7.html":

"New sentences should be started on new lines.
This makes it easier to see the effect of patches,
which often operate at the level of individual sentences."

  2) groff_diff(7) in package "groff":

"In GNU troff, as in UNIX troff, you should always follow a sentence
with either a newline or two spaces."

  3) "info groff":

  Search for the word "sentence" in the output to get more hints about input
conventions.

  The patch is in the attachment.



    _______________________________________________________

File Attachments:


-------------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue 27 Jun 2017 07:11:30 PM UTC  Name:
0001-Adjust-space-after-end-of-sentences-or-protect-indicat.txt.gz  Size: 3kB 
 By: bjarniig

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=41057>

    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51328>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via/by Savannah
  http://savannah.gnu.org/