Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:04:04 -0700 From: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>, Joe Halpin <joe.halpin@attbi.com>, "standards@FreeBSD.ORG" <standards@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: at utility changes Message-ID: <20011230130404.A78954@colnta.acns.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <20011230102138.GJ69365@daemon.ninth-circle.org>; from asmodai@wxs.nl on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:21:38AM %2B0100 References: <3C200BBA.9D26ED93@attbi.com> <20011228031537.B99161@espresso.q9media.com> <3C2DF35D.1F54BBC3@attbi.com> <20011229153328.D99161@espresso.q9media.com> <20011230102138.GJ69365@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:21:38AM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > -On [20011229 21:39], Mike Barcroft (mike@FreeBSD.ORG) wrote: > >(I prefer manual over man page, but that's an optional change.) > > That is also the preferred doc way. > > Ruslan will flail you for not doing it that way. :) Perhaps the mdoc(7) man page should be updated then: "Throughout the UNIX manual pages, a manual entry is simply referred to as a man page, regardless of actual length and without sexist intention." Since nobody that I know refers to them as a "manual pages", and the mdoc(7) man page itself indicates that they should be called "man pages", I prefer to stick with tradition :). -- Chad David davidc@acns.ab.ca ACNS Inc. Calgary, Alberta Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
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