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To: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r315850 - head/sys/boot/forth
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Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> writes:
> Yep.  In this context an 'em' dash should be used instead of an 'en'
> dash.  Theoretically, there also should not be spaces around the
> dashes.  I'm not sure that's easy to do in manual pages, though.

The Chicago Manual of Style agrees with you.  The Oxford Style Manual
agrees with me.  I actually prefer the former style, but don't trust
software to break lines correctly.  It's easy enough to do, though:

Index: sys/boot/forth/beastie.4th.8
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
--- sys/boot/forth/beastie.4th.8	(revision 315894)
+++ sys/boot/forth/beastie.4th.8	(working copy)
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The file that goes by the name of
 .Nm
-is a set of commands designed to draw the ASCII art FreeBSD mascot
-\(en known simply as
-.Em beastie
-\(en to the right of the boot loader menu.
+is a set of commands designed to draw the ASCII art FreeBSD
+mascot\(emknown simply as
+.Em beastie Ns
+\(emto the right of the boot loader menu.
 The commands of
 .Nm
 by themselves are not enough for most uses.

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