[Python-apps-team] Bug#611419: hg.1: runaway formatting in "addremove" and "clone" sections

[Jonathan Nieder]

Package: mercurial-common
Version: 1.7.3-1
Severity: minor
Justification: documentation

Hi Javi, Vincent, et al,

Thanks for keeping mercurial nicely packaged.  To get started using
it, I tried

 $ man -t hg >hg.ps
 $ gs -dSAFER hg.ps

but ran into distracting formatting, somewhat like the familiar
runaway unclosed tags of the early days of the web.

- Under "addremove", paragraph 3:

	New files are ignored if they match any of the patterns in hgignore.
	As with add, these changes take effect at the next commit.
[...]

Starting with "hgignore", all the text is in fixed-width font until
the list of options starts.

- Under "clone", paragraph 4:

	The location of the source is added to the new repository's
	hg/hgrc file, as the default to be used for future pulls.
[...]

Starting with "hg/hgrc", all text is in fixed-width font, until the
next "hg/hgrc", after which point all text is bold for 5 paragraphs or
so.

- Unrelated: option lists all start with the heading "options:", with
a lowercase 'o'.  Wouldn't a capital 'O' be more appropriate?

If there is anything I can do to help track this down, please don't
hesitate to ask.