Instead of emulating tables with manual identations, it is easier to just use the groff standard preprocessor tbl to build a table and let it automatically render.
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann sven@narfation.org --- man/batctl.8 | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/batctl.8 b/man/batctl.8 index 831a7e8..079cc0a 100644 --- a/man/batctl.8 +++ b/man/batctl.8 @@ -332,15 +332,17 @@ Retrieve traffic counters from batman-adv kernel module. The output may vary dep into the kernel module. .br Each module subsystem has its own counters which are indicated by their prefixes: -.RS 15 -mgmt - mesh protocol counters -.RE -.RS 17 -tt - translation table counters -.RE -.RS 7 +.TS +tab (@); +r lx. +mgmt@T{ +mesh protocol counters +T} +tt@T{ +translation table counters +T} +.TE All counters without a prefix concern payload (pure user data) traffic. -.RE .TP [\fBmeshif <netdev>\fP] \fBping\fP|\fBp\fP [\fB-c count\fP][\fB-i interval\fP][\fB-t time\fP][\fB-R\fP][\fB-T\fP] \fBMAC_address\fP|\fBbat-host_name\fP|\fBhost_name\fP|\fBIP_address\fP Layer 2 ping of a MAC address or bat-host name. batctl will try to find the bat-host name if the given parameter was @@ -368,33 +370,37 @@ are available: To only print packets that match the compatibility number of batc option. If "-n" is given batctl will not replace the MAC addresses with bat-host names in the output. To filter the shown packet types you can either use "-p" (dump only specified packet types) or "-x" (dump all packet types except specified). The following packet types are available: -.RS 17 -1 - batman ogm packets -.RE -.RS 17 -2 - batman icmp packets -.RE -.RS 17 -4 - batman unicast packets -.RE -.RS 17 -8 - batman broadcast packets -.RE -.RS 16 -16 - batman unicast tvlv packets -.RE -.RS 16 -32 - batman fragmented packets -.RE -.RS 16 -64 - batman tt / roaming packets -.RE -.RS 15 -128 - non batman packets -.RE -.RS 7 + +.TS +tab (@); +r lx. +1@T{ +batman ogm packets +T} +2@T{ +batman icmp packets +T} +4@T{ +batman unicast packets +T} +8@T{ +batman broadcast packets +T} +16@T{ +batman unicast tvlv packets +T} +32@T{ +batman fragmented packets +T} +64@T{ +batman tt / roaming packets +T} +128@T{ +non batman packets +T} +.TE Example: batctl td <interface> -p 129 -> only display batman ogm packets and non batman packets -.RE + .TP \fBbisect_iv\fP [\fB-l MAC\fP][\fB-t MAC\fP][\fB-r MAC\fP][\fB-s min\fP [\fB- max\fP]][\fB-o MAC\fP][\fB-n\fP] \fBlogfile1\fP [\fBlogfile2\fP ... \fBlogfileN\fP] Analyses the B.A.T.M.A.N. IV logfiles to build a small internal database of all sent sequence numbers and routing table