Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 17:46:51 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/15286: Fix typo and missing files in fortune(6) Message-ID: <19991206174651.A319@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <199912060010.QAA45466@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199912060010.QAA45466@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 04:10:01PM -0800, Chris Costello wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR docs/15286; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: docs/15286: Fix typo and missing files in fortune(6)
> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 18:06:19 -0600
>
> On Sun, Dec 05, 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > ! the fortunes databases (those files ending ``-o'' contain the
>
> Shouldn't that be
>
> .Dq Fl o
>
Are you asking or telling? The reason I didn't use Fl was because the
``-o'' in this context is not a command-line option, but a sub-string
in a filename.
As for .Dq, earlier in the manpage there is a quote from H. Allen
Smith and double-quotes are used there literally so I used this as a
guide to the Right Way to do things.
Which is the correct way?
> (Your mdoc lesson for the day.)
>
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> |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
> |Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.
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