Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:31:09 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 style.9 Message-ID: <20000717113109.D52835@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200007162046.NAA80035@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200007162046.NAA80035@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sunday, 16 July 2000 at 13:46:44 -0700, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> ben 2000/07/16 13:46:44 PDT
>
> Modified files:
> share/man/man9 style.9
> Log:
> 1. "braces" -> "brackets" when referring to [ and ].
>
> PR: 19894
> Submitted by: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
>
> 2. "brackets" -> "angle brackets" when referring to < and >.
For me, brackets are '(' and ')'. '[' and ']' are square brackets,
and '<' and '>' are angle brackets. '{' and '}' are braces. I'm sure
I'm not alone, and there are probably other naming conventions for
these symbols. It would make sense to spell out what the man page
means.
Greg
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