Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:12:26 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Zachary Loafman <zml@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r192908 - in head: share/man/man9 sys/conf sys/kern sys/sys Message-ID: <4A1EC5FA.50601@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <86tz35qlrw.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <200905271636.n4RGasNe003922@svn.freebsd.org> <47d0403c0905271005t7f57f9b9h3d0721bbb1fbedc2@mail.gmail.com> <86tz35qlrw.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigAE4369152595AF527FB3620B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If memory serves me right, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > 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.) >=20 > 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. My understanding is that we do this to let groff manage the whitespace between sentences. But your comment regarding diffs is quite valid. Bruce. --------------enigAE4369152595AF527FB3620B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoexfoACgkQ2MoxcVugUsPq/QCg5pnrsf5ByJHK3TTeOHPJnhR+ b3sAnj7H2THyer1lt3PjQgsgTIXhBWgf =mk2P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigAE4369152595AF527FB3620B--
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