Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 00:40:04 +0900 From: horikawa@jp.freebsd.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/6572: groff_out(5) contains typo (`an be' should be `can be') Message-ID: <19980511004004X.k-horik@yk.rim.or.jp>
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>Number: 6572
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: groff_out(5) contains typo (`an be' should be `can be')
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun May 10 08:40:01 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Kazuo Horikawa
>Organization:
personal user
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
-stable and -current.
>Description:
The command `man 5 groff_out' shows:
The names of characters and fonts an be of arbitrary
length; drivers should not assume that they will be only
two characters long.
I think that `an be' in the previous paragraph should be
`can be'.
>How-To-Repeat:
% man 5 groff_out
>Fix:
Apply following patch to src/contrib/groff/man/groff_out.man
(rev.1.1.1.1).
--- groff_out.man.orig Mon May 11 00:09:44 1998
+++ groff_out.man Tue May 5 02:13:47 1998
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
Note that single characters can have the eighth bit set, as can the
names of fonts and special characters.
.LP
-The names of characters and fonts an be of arbitrary length; drivers
+The names of characters and fonts can be of arbitrary length; drivers
should not assume that they will be only two characters long.
.LP
When a character is to be printed, that character will always be
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