Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/19894: confusingly-named punctuation in style(9) Message-ID: <200007131710.KAA39198@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: docs/19894: confusingly-named punctuation in style(9)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:05:36 +0200
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:40:19 GMT, Tony Finch wrote:
> In the section about usage() and manual page synopsys lines, the
> text refers to what I call "square brackets" as "braces". I think
> this is confusing and should be changed according to the diff below.
> This also makes it consistent with the Jargon File.
I agree that the text as is, is wrong. However, I think the correct
names for these things should be used:
parentheses ( )
braces { }
brackets [ ]
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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