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diff --git a/doc/todo/mdwn2man:_make_backticks_bold.mdwn b/doc/todo/mdwn2man:_make_backticks_bold.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..21707a309 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/mdwn2man:_make_backticks_bold.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +The traditionnal way of marking commandline flags in a manpage is with a `.B` (for Bold, I guess). It doesn't seem to be used by mdwn2man, which makes the manpage look a little more dull than it could. + +The following patch makes those options come out more obviously: + +[[!format diff """ +diff --git a/Build/mdwn2man b/Build/mdwn2man +index ba5919b..7f819ad 100755 +--- a/Build/mdwn2man ++++ b/Build/mdwn2man +@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ print ".TH $prog $section\n"; + + while (<>) { + s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg; ++ s/\`([^\`]*)\`/\\fB$1\\fP/g; + s/\`//g; + s/^\s*\./\\&./g; + if (/^#\s/) { +"""]] + +I tested it against the git-annex manpage and it seems to work well. --[[anarcat]] + +> [[done]], thanks --[[Joey]] |