[PATCH 38/40] xargs/xargs.1: Fix markup nit.

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:51:28 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID	<20251113165128.djbi2qtetjasqixp@illithid>

Favor `P` macro, which the page predominantly uses, over `PP` (`LP` is
not observed).  `P` has been universally portable since 1986.

groff_man(7):
   History
     M. Douglas McIlroy ⟨[email protected]⟩ designed,
     implemented, and documented the AT&T man macros for Unix Version 7
     (1979) and employed them to edit Volume 1 of its Programmer’s
     Manual, a compilation of all man pages supplied by the system.  The
     package supported the macros listed in this page not described as
     extensions, except P and the deprecated AT and UC.  It documented
     no registers and defined only R and S strings.

     UC appeared in 3BSD (1980).  Unix System III (1980) introduced P
     and exposed the registers IN and LL, which had been internal to
     Seventh Edition Unix man.  PWB/Unix 2.0 (1980) added the Tm string.
     4BSD (1980) added lq and rq strings.  SunOS 2.0 (1985) recognized
     C, D, P, and X registers.  4.3BSD (1986) added AT and P.  Ninth
     Edition Unix (1986) introduced EX and EE.  SunOS 4.0 (1988) added
     SB.  Unix System V (1988) incorporated BSD’s lq and rq strings.

     Except for EX/EE, James Clark implemented the foregoing features in
     early versions of groff.  Later, groff 1.20 (2009) resurrected
     EX/EE and originated SY/YS, TQ, MT/ME, and UR/UE.  Plan 9 from User
     Space’s troff introduced MR in 2020.
---
 xargs/xargs.1 | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xargs/xargs.1 b/xargs/xargs.1
index 37b264ca..859d3033 100644
--- a/xargs/xargs.1
+++ b/xargs/xargs.1
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ .SH OPTIONS
 Print the version number of
 .B xargs
 and exit.
-.PP
+.
+.P
 The options
 .B \-\-max\-lines
 .RB ( \-L ,
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
 online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/#get-help>
 .br
 Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
-.PP
+.P
 Report any other issue via the form at the GNU Savannah bug tracker:
 .RS
 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils>
@@ -647,7 +648,7 @@ .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR execvp (3),
 .BR locatedb (5),
 .BR signal (7)
-.PP
+.P
 Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/xargs>
 .br
 or available locally via:
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