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[bug #43532] [PATCH] man: put titles on separate lines when parts too wide, instead of overlapping them

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Subject [bug #43532] [PATCH] man: put titles on separate lines when parts too wide, instead of overlapping them
Date Sat, 25 Jul 2020 07:22:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Follow-up Comment #3, bug #43532 (project groff):

For comparison, here is what mandoc does:


 $ mandoc 
.TH CosNotifyChannelAdmin_StructuredProxyPushSupplier 3erl "cosNotification
1.1.18" "Ericsson AB" "Erlang Module Definition"
CosNotifyChannelAdmin_StructuredProxyPushSupplier(3erl)
                                                      Erlang Module
Definition



Ericsson AB                 cosNotification 1.1.18
                      
CosNotifyChannelAdmin_StructuredProxyPushSupplier(3erl)
 $


Note that
* CosNotify... is left justified on line 1
* Erlang Module Definition   is right justified on line 2
* Ericsson AB   is left justified
* cosNotification 1.1.18   is centered
* CosNotify... is right justified on the last line

I did not inspect the patch yet.


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