Subject: Re: fmt -c (CVS commit: basesrc)
To: None <abs@netbsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/18/2000 09:53:04
	FreeBSD used '-c' for center, so we have to be incompatible with
	someone :) I could go along with switching center to '-C' - is
	anyone interested in implementing crown margin? :)

                David/absolute
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, ITOH Yasufumi wrote:

> In article <200009151123.OAA00785@netbsd.hut.fi>
> abs@netbsd.org writes:
> 
> > Module Name:	basesrc
> > Committed By:	abs
> > Date:		Fri Sep 15 11:23:18 UTC 2000
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	basesrc/usr.bin/fmt: fmt.1 fmt.c
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Add '-c' for center (from FreeBSD)
> 
> Hmm, SunOS has -c option which does "Crown margin" formatting.  I don't
>    think this conflict a good thing.  Shouldn't we use another letter?
>    This paragraph is formatted by "fmt -c" on SunOS, by the way. :-)
> 
> Quoting from fmt(1) of SunOS:
> 
> OPTIONS
>      -c   Crown margin mode.  Preserve  the  indentation  of  the
>           first  two lines within a paragraph, and align the left
>           margin of each subsequent line with that of the  second
>           line.  This is useful for tagged paragraphs.
> 
> Opinions?
> -- 
> ITOH, Yasufumi <itohy@netbsd.org>
>