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diff --git a/stylesheets/lfs-xsl/docbook-xsl-1.78.1/params/man.justify.xml b/stylesheets/lfs-xsl/docbook-xsl-1.78.1/params/man.justify.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 5495d05cb..000000000 --- a/stylesheets/lfs-xsl/docbook-xsl-1.78.1/params/man.justify.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment" - xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" - version="5.0" xml:id="man.justify"> -<refmeta> -<refentrytitle>man.justify</refentrytitle> -<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo> -</refmeta> -<refnamediv> -<refname>man.justify</refname> -<refpurpose>Justify text to both right and left margins?</refpurpose> -</refnamediv> - -<refsynopsisdiv> -<src:fragment xml:id="man.justify.frag"> -<xsl:param name="man.justify">0</xsl:param></src:fragment> -</refsynopsisdiv> - -<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info> - -<para>If non-zero, text is justified to both the right and left -margins (or, in roff terminology, "adjusted and filled" to both the -right and left margins). If zero (the default), text is adjusted to -the left margin only -- producing what is traditionally called -"ragged-right" text.</para> - -<note> -<para>The default value for this parameter is zero because justified -text looks good only when it is also hyphenated. Without hyphenation, -excessive amounts of space often end up getting between words, in -order to "pad" lines out to align on the right margin.</para> - -<para>The problem is that groff is not particularly smart about how it -does hyphenation; it can end up hyphenating a lot of things that you -don't want hyphenated. So, disabling both justification and -hyphenation ensures that hyphens won't get inserted where you don't -want to them, and you don't end up with lines containing excessive -amounts of space between words.</para> - -<para>However, if do you decide to set a non-zero value for the -<parameter>man.justify</parameter> parameter (to enable -justification), then you should probably also set a non-zero value for -<parameter>man.hyphenate</parameter> (to enable hyphenation).</para> - -<para>Yes, these default settings run counter to how most existing man -pages are formatted. But there are some notable exceptions, such as -the <literal>perl</literal> man pages.</para> -</note> -</refsection> -</refentry> |