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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
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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
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no