Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 07:50:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Alexey M. Zelkin" <phantom@cris.net> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/13218: [HUGE PATCH] corrections for manpages Message-ID: <199908181450.HAA23377@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/13218; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Alexey M. Zelkin" <phantom@cris.net>
To: hoek@freebsd.org
Cc: phantom@cris.net, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/13218: [HUGE PATCH] corrections for manpages
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:40:00 +0400 (MSD)
hi,
> I'm not sure what the purpose of the following hunk is...
>
[hunk skiped]
>
> If the only change is to single-space after the period, I strongly
> object. It looks like you are trying to make the line fit some
> minimum width. If this is the case, I'd rather you simply started a
> newline after the period. The advantage to this is that it makes
> future diffs smaller and more readable. Having simpler diffs, more
> specific, diffs is highly desirable since it makes the job of the
> translators easier.
Hmm... Looks like I just automaticly adjusted width to minimum. ;-( Anyway
this hunk have no any special functionality, therefore you can ignore it.
> Speaking of translators...if this was done by script, you may want
> to supply a copy of the script with this PR. It might (or might
> not) be useful.
I have TODO record to join lots of script which I'd used for detecting
these sorts of problems.
> Also, we don't have a program named bsd2dos. Some of the .Xr's you've
> added don't exist. This doesn't bother me too much, but....
Hey... Take a look again on this hunk. And you'll see that I'd
replaced ".Xr bsd2dos 1" with reference to "unix2dos (from ports collection)"
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Alexey Zelkin | phantom@scorpion.crimea.ua (home)
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