From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Oct 15 10:10: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA56137B404 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A53F643EA9 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:10:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9FHA4Co073457 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:10:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9FHA4Kn073456; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200210151710.g9FHA4Kn073456@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Subject: Re: docs/44074: ln(1) manual clarifications [patch] Reply-To: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/44074; it has been noted by GNATS. From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Peter Pentchev Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/44074: ln(1) manual clarifications [patch] Date: 15 Oct 2002 10:10:49 -0700 Peter Pentchev writes: > No contest to your other arguments, but this one seems a matter of > preference to me; most of my acquaintances, as well as I, use 'symbolic > link' almost exclusively, usually shortening it to 'symlink' in informal > conversations. The power of Wishful Thinking, it seems. And I'd forgotten about the shorter symlink form until after I'd made my arguments and most changes and then noticed symlink(7) in "See Also". Groups.google.com shows: *BSD* *UNIX* *LINUX* soft link 110 1030 2240 symbolic link 535 7790 19300 symlink 1070 8480 31300 Not even close. I'm shocked, but there it is. I still think the change would improve the manual and the jargon, but I'll respect the tradition (as if I had a choice) and back it out (after waiting for comments on other things). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message