From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr1-x444.google.com (mail-wr1-x444.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::444]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C9183894C1A for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2020 11:47:12 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 8C9183894C1A Received: by mail-wr1-x444.google.com with SMTP id g4so4594287wrs.5 for ; Sat, 03 Oct 2020 04:47:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:from:to:cc:references:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9jN9XVMzmzjaMJWim4qaT2tuLZwXpUnVvFhvPeku2A8=; b=fLnAEV8ev2yLe8dkth/1G7rXPieomiDhJ+OWgeoPLOdVAXFBK++5xiyKljNaDJ86oO uWdH892woBM/exRrlQJpDIW621sPZrnuWycoBUgdqvpbs7UftXxnrMHyN1Yv4orcLBp1 QnnvHTavfaXVFx7Fb9u7mnzwBRNGOkx39SeO4MJv6twvbitVmzZpyO+/8rXnEK2qUi9i BXTaNeOlyFh0JXWbmipj/REZ1lGvTrIgGuDz/rxKaNfnBHqtPd6CAcekzdCKvA4K1mMK bJ64B3Pxvfndj9k85zqTRaNJ+vd0GuKe1HWZoxUD4J0XfCRd+gv2iT6OcgPLpDlvQCzA ry9g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530+NZdiHy07yYaWVg8vAcRbD4Ysfhhqrg26ZLIdYYjMBhNXBB5X 6ECoXbCDZgJ4NZ8CXdUaUv4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxfblWzWXckhDHu/AbycFlc6LKGDEcoPaX/3yLzu9nkPCEyfqvqldKlMDkLUGWSfAi5d8vAlQ== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4c86:: with SMTP id z6mr1773021wrs.23.1601725630804; Sat, 03 Oct 2020 04:47:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.160] ([170.253.49.0]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m3sm4968732wrs.83.2020.10.03.04.47.09 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 03 Oct 2020 04:47:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *' From: Alejandro Colomar To: "G. Branden Robinson" Cc: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" , Paul Eggert , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jwakely.gcc@gmail.com, David.Laight@ACULAB.COM References: <20201002121645.23646-1-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <20201002151419.32053-2-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <3941e130-df05-778b-dc76-90cd58400192@cs.ucla.edu> <5b01a17e-5819-115f-7972-7f849d4356df@gmail.com> <78368866-e848-d208-eef7-f3a93a797853@gmail.com> <20201003074807.swdpnwaq2rzigadl@localhost.localdomain> <97b1b0d8-1f87-ac68-2ae9-92c2681ac49a@gmail.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 13:47:08 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <97b1b0d8-1f87-ac68-2ae9-92c2681ac49a@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2020 11:47:13 -0000 On 10/3/20 9:48 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: [...] >> The "short" answer[1] is that I think Alex is correct; Paul's caution is >> unwarranted and arises from confusion with the font alternation macros >> of the man(7) macro package.  Examples of the latter are .BI and .BR. >> Those set their even-numbered arguments in one font and odd-numbered >> arguments in another, with no space between them.  That suppression of >> space is the reason they exist.  With the "single-font" macros like .B >> and .I[2], if you don't want space, don't type it. Hi Branden, This explanation is great :) Would you mind writing a patch with it? Cheers, Alex >> >> I could say more, including an annotated explanation of the groff and >> Version 7 Unix man(7) implementations of the I macro, if desired.  :) :) >> >> Regards, >> Branden >> >> [1] since as everyone knows, I struggle with brevity >> [2] I (and others) discourage use of .SM and .SB because they can't be >> distinguished from ordinary roman and bold type, respectively, on >> terminals. >>