Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:39:40 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com> Cc: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/15286: Fix typo and missing files in fortune(6) Message-ID: <19991206223940.F319@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19991206145719.A17495@mppsystems.com> References: <199912060010.QAA45466@freefall.freebsd.org> <19991206174651.A319@marder-1> <19991206145719.A17495@mppsystems.com>
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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 <chris@calldei.com>
> > > To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
> > >
> > > 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
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