Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:43:57 -1000 From: juli mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Hiten Pandya <hmp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 BUF_LOCK.9 BUF_LOCKFREE.9 BUF_LOCKINIT.9 BUF_REFCNT.9 BUF_TIMELOCK.9 BUF_UNLOCK.9 DELAY.9 DEVICE_ATTACH.9 DEVICE_DETACH.9 DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9 DEVICE_PROBE.9 DEVICE_SHUTDOWN.9 VOP_ACCESS.9 VOP_ACLCHECK.9 VOP_ADVLOCK.9 ... Message-ID: <20050628234357.GA95929@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <200506282015.j5SKFMn8000598@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200506282015.j5SKFMn8000598@repoman.freebsd.org>
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* Hiten Pandya <hmp@FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2005-06-28 ] [ w.r.t. cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 BUF_LOCK.9 BUF_LOCKFREE.9 BUF_LOCKINIT.9 BUF_REFCNT.9 BUF_TIMELOCK.9 BUF_UNLOCK.9 DELAY.9 DEVICE_ATTACH.9 DEVICE_DETACH.9 DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9 DEVICE_PROBE.9 DEVIC > hmp 2005-06-28 20:15:21 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Log: > Use 'manual page' instead of 'man page' for consistency. A manual page is a page in the manual. We identify by a name and section number. In the printed manual, many manpages would be more than a single page. An electronic manual page, called a "man page" is what we refer to, and is not an actual page. Referring to it as a single page in the manual, even if you give a reasonable way to index it, is pretty silly. Really? No, I just wanted to be grumpy like everyone else. -- juli mallett. "It's called love and somehow it's become unmentionable." -- New Order - Thieves Like Us
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