From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Sep 22 10:30: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33C2A15816 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id KAA82504; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:30:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:30:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199909221730.KAA82504@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Mark Ovens Subject: Re: docs/7914: no elf(5) manpage Reply-To: Mark Ovens Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/7914; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mark Ovens To: Nik Clayton Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , Nick Sanders , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Gnats Subject: Re: docs/7914: no elf(5) manpage Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 18:17:29 +0100 On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 12:29:55AM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 07:50:11PM +0200, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > > * Nick Sanders (fishy@hotbot.com) [990921 03:54]: > > > .data > > > This section holds initialised data that contribute to the program's > > > memory image. This section is of type SHT_PROGBITS. The attribute types > > > are SHF_ALLOC and SHF_WRITE. > > > > > > Initialised should be "initialized". > > > > If you are a United States citizen. I prefer the Queen's [Original/Olde] > > English myself. > > FWIW, I think we can safely assume that the default English variant is > US English. There was a sweep through the man pages about a year or > so ago, correcting things like this and converting them to the US format. > Ah, my favourite spelling debate:) If you consult the OED you will find that such words really end in ~ize. In the latest versions they also include ~ise, but only as an *alternative* spelling. I suspect that it is because Americans use ~ize that most people assume that we, in the UK, should use ~ise and because of this widespread (mis)spelling it is now included in the OED. To quote the manpage for the ``-b'' (British) option to spell(1) on Suns: -b Check British spelling. Besides preferring "centre", "colour", "programme", "speciality", "travelled", and so on, this option insists upon -ise in words like standardize, despite what Fowler and the OED say. So I vote for "Initialize" (but also for "colour", "favour" etc ;-) ) > At some point we may put together a doc/en_GB.ISO_8859-1/ directory > hierarchy, but I have a few other things on my plate first. . . > > N > -- > [intentional self-reference] can be easily accommodated using a blessed, > non-self-referential dummy head-node whose own object destructor severs > the links. > -- Tom Christiansen in <375143b5@cs.colorado.edu> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message