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Date:      Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:39:43 +0100
From:      Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org>
To:        Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Proposed addition to the mail section of the handbook
Message-ID:  <20031202173943.GF71732@unixpages.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031202114420.00233193.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <3FCBB04F.7070204@potentialtech.com> <20031201221825.GB10158@jenny.daemon.li> <20031202053708.GC71732@unixpages.org> <20031202090021.GA269@jenny.daemon.li> <20031202112217.23a48871.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031202162745.GE71732@unixpages.org> <20031202114420.00233193.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 11:44:20AM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:27:45 +0100
> Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> wrote:
>=20
> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 11:22:17AM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:00:21 +0100
> > > Josef El-Rayes <j.el-rayes@daemon.li> wrote:
> > >=20
> > > > Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 11:18:25PM +0100, Josef El-Rayes wrote:
> > > >=20
> > > > > > line 72: it is "manpage" not "man page".
> > > >=20
> > > > > Actually it is 'manual page'.
> > > >=20
> > > > i prefer too, the expression 'manual page', but as
> > > > bill used the short form, i just wanted to point out
> > > > that o'reilly writes it 'manpage' and not 'man page'.
> > > >=20
> > > > (http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/stylesheet.html#M).
> > >=20
> > > It always depends on who you talk to too.  Some people say man
> > > page, some use manual page, some use manpage.  Trust me, this
> > > is a bikeshed you don't want to step into...  :)
> > >=20
> >=20
> > Of course.  What I meant to say was 'manual page is what we usually use
> > for our documentation' :-)
>=20
> I like manual page as well.  This was probably keramida's fault now
> that I think about it... :P
>=20

Certainly.  When is he about to return anyway?  Maybe he can teach us
how to process PRs with military discipline ;-)

- Christian

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