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G. Branden Robinson ad7e34650a doc: delete blank lines from man page sources
* find/find.1:
* xargs/xargs.1: Replace blank lines with empty requests or paragraphing
  macro calls as seems to be intended.
* find/find.1: Delete blank lines preceding paragraphing or sectioning
  macros that serve only to put excess vertical space in the output.
* locate/locatedb.5: Replace blank lines with a dummy character
  producing a blank output line as _might_ be intended.

groff_man_style(7):
     ?  The empty request (.), which does nothing, vertically spaces the
        input file for readability by the document maintainer.  Do not
        put blank (empty) lines in a man page source document.  Some
        man(1) programs ?squeeze? multiple blank output lines into one.

Fixes style warnings from `groff -rCHECKSTYLE=3 -man`:
an.tmac:/.../share/man/man1/find.1:87: style: blank line in input
...
an.tmac:/.../share/man/man1/xargs.1:231: style: blank line in input
...
an.tmac:/.../share/man/man5/locatedb.5:118: style: blank line in input
...

Discussed at:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-findutils/2025-11/msg00094.html

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: Yes
2026-01-05 16:52:37 +01:00
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