[Bug 285637] printf.3 long lines exceeding 80 columns

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:16:02 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=285637

            Bug ID: 285637
           Summary: printf.3 long lines exceeding 80 columns
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Manual Pages
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: kargl@FreeBSD.org
                CC: doc@FreeBSD.org

Not sure if others consider this a bug, but the lines in the following table
exceed 80 columns.  Many people including me use 80-column xterms.

  An optional length modifier, that specifies the size of the argument.
         The following length modifiers are valid for the b, B, d, i, n, o, u,
         x, or X conversion:

         Modifier                 d, i               b, B, o, u, x, X         
n
         hh                       signed char        unsigned char            
signed char *
         h                        short              unsigned short           
short *
         l (ell)                  long               unsigned long            
long *
         ll (ell ell)             long long          unsigned long long       
long long *
         j                        intmax_t           uintmax_t                
intmax_t *
         t                        ptrdiff_t          (see note)               
ptrdiff_t *
         wN                       intN_t             uintN_t                  
intN_t *
         wfN                      int_fastN_t        uint_fastN_t             
int_fastN_t *
         z                        (see note)         size_t                   
(see note)
         q (deprecated)           quad_t             u_quad_t                 
quad_t *


There is clearly too much wasted whitespace.  Perhaps, the use of -compact in
the Bl macro may help

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