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Authored by debdrup on Jan 16 2021, 9:22 PM.
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.Dl indents literal display text for one line, but .Bd can do it for a
whole subsection.

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.Bd -literal -offset indent
complete service 'c/-/(e l r v)/' 'p/1/`service -l`/' \e
		 'n/*/(start stop reload restart \e
		 status rcvar onestart onestop)/'
.Ed

you might be looking for this.

Address feedback by 0mp

I'm not sure I understand why yours works, since I was using tabs too.
I won't look a gift-horse in the mouth, though. :)

Address feedback by 0mp

I'm not sure I understand why yours works, since I was using tabs too.
I won't look a gift-horse in the mouth, though. :)

That could be because of the \e used to escape \. No idea.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jan 16 2021, 10:08 PM