From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 27 12:49:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4FC116A584; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ru@rambler-co.ru) Received: from relay0.rambler.ru (relay0.rambler.ru [81.19.66.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1825D43D58; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:49:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ru@rambler-co.ru) Received: from relay0.rambler.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay0.rambler.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4AC75CF2; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:49:56 +0400 (MSD) Received: from edoofus.park.rambler.ru (unknown [81.19.65.108]) by relay0.rambler.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBADE5CDD; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:49:56 +0400 (MSD) Received: (from ru@localhost) by edoofus.park.rambler.ru (8.13.8/8.13.8) id k8RCnwFp025347; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:49:58 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from ru) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:49:58 +0400 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Tom Rhodes Message-ID: <20060927124958.GD6346@rambler-co.ru> References: <200609261959.k8QJxqkh068350@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060926202339.GA2039@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <20060927034124.2c57b517.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20060927075314.GQ54669@submonkey.net> <20060927041526.6b33a348.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20060927084514.GR54669@submonkey.net> <20060927045417.639f3db1.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="65ImJOski3p8EhYV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060927045417.639f3db1.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: No virus found Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, danger@FreeBSD.org, brueffer@FreeBSD.org, Ceri Davies Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/examples/mdoc example.4 X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:49:59 -0000 --65ImJOski3p8EhYV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 04:54:17AM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: [...] > > That's wrong. Getting rid of "the" works. >=20 > I like "enable" in the first bit, and I'll agree "the" should > go, even though your argument works in some cases but fails > in others. >=20 I think a common sense should apply here -- i.e., make less work for manpage writers? What most of our section four manpages document? Drivers or subsystems? I think drivers. This is an example manpage, it's not a full skeleton manpage. To be a full skeleton manpage, some other words can be put into comments, like is already done for the .Dd argument. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --65ImJOski3p8EhYV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFGnN2qRfpzJluFF4RAmH/AJ4oylF4ivbg1oQ6rKH0CbbtdjyIpACfU76j jfDSEKiW6d1BzeoA1DYPEf8= =nDWF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --65ImJOski3p8EhYV--