Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:12:12 -0700 From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reordering the rc.conf manual page Message-ID: <ieaciefe6r.cie@mail.opusnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20050915132925.GA1370@flame.pc> (Giorgos Keramidas's message of "Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:29:26 %2B0300") References: <20050915062312.73803494@localhost> <20050915132925.GA1370@flame.pc>
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Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> writes: > On 2005-09-15 06:23, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> wrote: >> -.Pa /etc >> +.Pa /etc/rc.d > > Nice catch :) Maybe want both. On my 5.4 sys: /etc/pccard_ether:if [ -r /etc/defaults/rc.conf ]; then /etc/pccard_ether: . /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/pccard_ether: . /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.bsdextended: . /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.bsdextended: . /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.firewall: . /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.firewall: . /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.sendmail: . /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.sendmail: . /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.subr: . /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.subr: . /etc/rc.conf Or do I have some old files in there? >> +Configuration variables which control network services such >> +as NFS are defined below: >> +.Bl -tag -width indent-two > > I think "such as NFS" should be inside a pair of commas here. Some wouldn't. It's fine either way, IMO. When I say it out loud, I pause only after "NFS", but it seems wrong with only one comma. (I subscribed to alt.usage.english yesterday after 3 years or so, to maybe ask about such things, but was disappointed to see them 90% off topic. I'll have to lurk a while before trusting them again.) > IMHO, it's also a bug to > start the line with a capital letter when a displayed block is 'inlined' > somewhere in the middle of a sentence. Yes, and something to watch for, it seems; I fixed one yesterday.help
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