From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Dec 6 14:39:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D01DB14C22 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:39:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 29406 invoked from network); 6 Dec 1999 22:39:41 -0000 Received: from userbp25.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.146.20) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 6 Dec 1999 22:39:41 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id WAA01748; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:39:40 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:39:40 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Mike Pritchard Cc: Chris Costello , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/15286: Fix typo and missing files in fortune(6) Message-ID: <19991206223940.F319@marder-1> References: <199912060010.QAA45466@freefall.freebsd.org> <19991206174651.A319@marder-1> <19991206145719.A17495@mppsystems.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991206145719.A17495@mppsystems.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 02:57:19PM -0600, Mike Pritchard wrote: > On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 05:46:51PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > 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 > > > To: Mark Ovens > > > > > > 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? > > For the above case, use: > > .Dq -o > OK, thanks for the info, but I've just looked at the diffs in the CVS log and the committer has used: .Dq Fl o I modified my manpage and this gives ``-o'' all in bold text. Surely this is not correct since it is not a command line option (Fl means "flag" does it not?) > since it isn't a command line option. > > .Dq xxx > > should be used whenever you want to generate: > ``xxx'' > > -Mike > > -- > Mike Pritchard > mpp@FreeBSD.org or mpp@mppsystems.com -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message