[PATCH 09/42] doc: improve formatting of command synopses (2/2)

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:45:19 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID	<20251119034519.hglg7zklmp6o24la@illithid>

* find/find.1:
* locate/locate.1: Use unbreakable spaces between options and their
  arguments, potentially improving legibility.

The existing synopses are short enough that they don't break in such a
way as to promote confusion even on old-fashioned AT&T troffs that use a
line length of 65n in nroff mode (vs. groff man(7)'s historical 78n and
present-day 80n).  Thus this change merely makes the synopses robust to
future changes.
---
 find/find.1     | 2 +-
 locate/locate.1 | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1
index 191a6638..3680bd8d 100644
--- a/find/find.1
+++ b/find/find.1
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
 .RB [ \-H ]
 .RB [ \-L ]
 .RB [ \-P ]
-.RB [ \-D
+.RB [ \-D\ \c
 .IR debugopts ]
 .RB [ \-O\c
 .IR level ]
diff --git a/locate/locate.1 b/locate/locate.1
index 25571fed..3ba6d362 100644
--- a/locate/locate.1
+++ b/locate/locate.1
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nr sA \n(.j \" Save the adjustment mode.
 .na
 .B locate
-.RB [ \-d
+.RB [ \-d\ \c
 .I path
 |
 .BI \*%\-\-database= path\c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
 .RB [ \-b
 |
 .BR \*%\-\-basename ]
-.RB [ \-l
+.RB [ \-l\ \c
 .I N
 |
 .BI \*%\-\-limit= N\c
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
 .RB [ \-r
 |
 .BR \*%\-\-regex ]
-.RB \*%[ \-\-regextype
+.RB \*%[ \-\-regextype\ \c
 .IR R ]
-.RB \*%[ \-\-max\-database\-age
+.RB \*%[ \-\-max\-database\-age\ \c
 .IR D ]
 .RB [ \-P
 |
-- 
2.30.2

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