[Docutils-develop] [docutils:bugs] Re: #458 Two issues regarding manpage writer and .TH

[engelbert g. <gr...@us...>]

mqDmitry
> AFAIK, it will work. The behavior may differ, in that groff(1) and
> mandoc(1) produce a default text, while others may not produce any text
> at all, but it should work.

I sometime test layout groff and try with mandoc what are the "others" ?  


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** [bugs:#458] Two issues regarding manpage writer and .TH**

**Status:** open
**Labels:** manpage writer 
**Created:** Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:13 AM UTC by Dmitry Shachnev
**Last Updated:** Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:08 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


Dear docutils developers,

I received two bug reports in Debian regarding the content of .TH macro in man pages:

First bug — https://bugs.debian.org/1016527 — asks that the value of `--date` argument be used for the third argument of `.TH`, instead of putting it on a separate line (Generated on: YYYY-MM-DD).

Second bug — https://bugs.debian.org/1018737 — asks that docutils not set fifth argument of `.TH` to empty string, but omit it completely and rely on the default value.

Please see those bugs for more detailed descriptions (and some discussion, in the first bug).


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