From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Fri Mar 24 07:57:08 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F8AD1B805; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:57:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from smtp.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36CEFE74; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:57:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from desk.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FCC4DE94; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by desk.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DE85043357; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:56:59 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Conrad Meyer Cc: Bruce Evans , src-committers , svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r315850 - head/sys/boot/forth References: <201703230834.v2N8YVDA003255@repo.freebsd.org> <20170323205948.N2588@besplex.bde.org> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:56:59 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Conrad Meyer's message of "Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:18:34 -0700") Message-ID: <86lgrvrttg.fsf@desk.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:57:08 -0000 Conrad Meyer 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. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no