[ovs-dev] [PATCHv2] python: Fix nroff indentation for <dl> after <h1>.

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Fri Jan 6 04:16:54 UTC 2017


On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 06:09:35PM -0800, Joe Stringer wrote:
> When XML is used for writing manpages, in the case that there is a <h1>
> tag followed by <dl>, the nroff python utility indents the <dl> tag (and
> children) an extra level which is unnecessary and makes the formatting
> inconsistent between manpages written directly in nroff vs manpages
> written in XML and converted to nroff. Fix the indentation by removing
> the extraneous .RS / .RE tags added to generated nroff in this case.
> 
> This fixes the formatting of ovn/utilities/ovn-nbctl.8 man page.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe at ovn.org>

nroff sucks so much.

I suspect that this should actually apply to all h*, not just to h1.
None of the headings imply indentation.

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>


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