Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:39:47 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Zachary Loafman <zml@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r192908 - in head: share/man/man9 sys/conf sys/kern sys/sys Message-ID: <86tz35qlrw.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <47d0403c0905271005t7f57f9b9h3d0721bbb1fbedc2@mail.gmail.com> (Ben Kaduk's message of "Wed, 27 May 2009 13:05:44 -0400") References: <200905271636.n4RGasNe003922@svn.freebsd.org> <47d0403c0905271005t7f57f9b9h3d0721bbb1fbedc2@mail.gmail.com>
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Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> writes: > Our man page style says that new sentences should start on new lines. > (Since the '.' character is used for defining macros, and sometimes > the processor can get confused.) That's not the reason - the reason is that it makes diffs easier to read, which in turn makes it easier for our translators to keep the translated man pages in sync. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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