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Date:      Mon, 23 Jul 2001 10:40:22 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Dima Dorfman <dd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls ls.1 
Message-ID:  <46876.995877622@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 Jul 2001 03:33:31 MST." <200107221033.f6MAXVY73755@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 03:33:31 MST, Dima Dorfman wrote:

>   Modified files:
>     bin/ls               ls.1 
>   Log:
>   Don't put a shell prompt in the example since none of the other man
>   pages do it.  Also, don't use brackets to indicate optional options in
>   the example; instead, add a paragraph below the example explaining it.

The use of the second person ("you") in this document is getting worse.
It began with that god-awful colour import, and this delta adds more.

Please be careful not to introduce the second person ("you") into
documents that are relatively pure in this respect.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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