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syscalls.2: ffix (trying to fit the table into 80 columns)

PATCH In review Eugene Syromyatnikov 2 participants 2 messages Feb 14, 2020 – Feb 23, 2020 Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 1/1 syscalls.2: ffix (trying to fit the table into 80 columns)

* man2/syscalls.2 (.SH DESCRIPTION) <\fBgetdtablesize\fP(2)>: Remove "since Linux 2.0" part for the osf_getdtablesize note, as syscall is generally available since Linux 2.0; add line break after the word "as". (.SH DESCRIPTION) <\fBpwrite\fP(2)>: Add line breaks.
(.SH DESCRIPTION) <\fBvm86old\fP(2)>: Add a line break after "in".

Signed-off-by Eugene Syromyatnikov <[email protected]>
---
 man2/syscalls.2 | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
man2/syscalls.2 +12 -5
index 637ad2c..22ec394 100644
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ T}
 \fBgetdtablesize\fP(2)	2.0	T{
 SPARC (removed in 2.6.26),
 .br
-available since Linux 2.0 on Alpha as
+available on Alpha as
+.br
 \fBosf_getdtablesize\fP(2)
 T}
 \fBgetegid\fP(2)	1.0

@@ -569,10 +570,15 @@ T}
 .\" Implements \fBpselect\fP(2)
 \fBptrace\fP(2)	1.0
 \fBpwrite\fP(2)		T{
-Used for \fBpwrite64\fP(2) on AVR32
-(port removed in Linux 4.12)
-and Blackfin (port removed
-in Linux 4.17)
+Used for \fBpwrite64\fP(2)
+.br
+on AVR32
+(port removed
+.br
+in Linux 4.12)
+and Blackfin
+.br
+(port removed in Linux 4.17)
 T}
 \fBpwrite64\fP(2)		T{
 Added as "pwrite" in 2.2;

@@ -823,6 +829,7 @@ T}
 \fBvhangup\fP(2)	1.0
 \fBvm86old\fP(2)	1.0	T{
 Was "vm86"; renamed in
+.br
 2.0.28/2.2
 T}
 \fBvm86\fP(2)	2.0.28; 2.2
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Hello Eugene,

Quoted 5 lines · Eugene Syromyatnikov

* man2/syscalls.2 (.SH DESCRIPTION) <\fBgetdtablesize\fP(2)>: Remove "since Linux 2.0" part for the osf_getdtablesize note, as syscall is generally available since Linux 2.0; add line break after the word "as". (.SH DESCRIPTION) <\fBpwrite\fP(2)>: Add line breaks.
(.SH DESCRIPTION) <\fBvm86old\fP(2)>: Add a line break after "in".

I'm a little lost here. As far as I can see, the page already renders okay inside 80 columns, so I don't quite understand the point of this patch. Can you say some more please.

Thanks,

Michael

Quoted 48 lines
Signed-off-by Eugene Syromyatnikov <[email protected]>
---
 man2/syscalls.2 | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
man2/syscalls.2 +12 -5
index 637ad2c..22ec394 100644
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ T}
 \fBgetdtablesize\fP(2)	2.0	T{
 SPARC (removed in 2.6.26),
 .br
-available since Linux 2.0 on Alpha as
+available on Alpha as
+.br
 \fBosf_getdtablesize\fP(2)
 T}
 \fBgetegid\fP(2)	1.0

@@ -569,10 +570,15 @@ T}
 .\" Implements \fBpselect\fP(2)
 \fBptrace\fP(2)	1.0
 \fBpwrite\fP(2)		T{
-Used for \fBpwrite64\fP(2) on AVR32
-(port removed in Linux 4.12)
-and Blackfin (port removed
-in Linux 4.17)
+Used for \fBpwrite64\fP(2)
+.br
+on AVR32
+(port removed
+.br
+in Linux 4.12)
+and Blackfin
+.br
+(port removed in Linux 4.17)
 T}
 \fBpwrite64\fP(2)		T{
 Added as "pwrite" in 2.2;

@@ -823,6 +829,7 @@ T}
 \fBvhangup\fP(2)	1.0
 \fBvm86old\fP(2)	1.0	T{
 Was "vm86"; renamed in
+.br
 2.0.28/2.2
 T}
 \fBvm86\fP(2)	2.0.28; 2.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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