Why manpage stylesheet add line breaks before each markup?

Hi, guys,

Could anyone help me to understand why manpage stylesheet add line breaks before each markup?

Take an example from foo.1.example_manpage.xml,

<para><command>&dhpackage;</command> frobnicates the <application>bar</application> library by tweaking internal symbol tables. By default it parses all baz segments and rearranges them in reverse order by time for the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>xyzzy</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> linker to find them. The symdef entry is then compressed using the <abbrev>WBG</abbrev> (Whiz-Bang-Gizmo) algorithm. All files are processed in the order specified.</para>

The generated result is

.PP

\fBfoo\fR

frobnicates the

bar

library by tweaking internal symbol tables\&. By default it parses all baz segments and rearranges them in reverse order by time for the

\fBxyzzy\fR(1)

linker to find them\&. The symdef entry is then compressed using the

WBG

(Whiz\-Bang\-Gizmo) algorithm\&. All files are processed in the order specified\&.

Is there any param/option to eliminate such unnecessary line breaks?

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Yong Sun <>