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Date:      Wed, 04 Apr 2001 10:38:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 witness.4
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010404103810.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010404102043.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On 04-Apr-01 John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> On 04-Apr-01 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 09:47:05AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 04-Apr-01 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>>> > ru          2001/04/04 04:52:00 PDT
>>> > 
>>> >   Modified files:
>>> >     share/man/man4       witness.4 
>>> >   Log:
>>> >   mdoc(7) police: fix markup and spelling.
>>> >   
>>> >   Revision  Changes    Path
>>> >   1.2       +13 -9     src/share/man/man4/witness.4
>>> 
>>> Please go fix all the other manpages that specify kernel options to use .Qq
>>> Dv
>>> as well so that there is a consistent style to pull from.
>>> 
>> Look, I do my best, but I can't do all at once.  If you want to help,
>> you are welcome!  If you wonder why this is required, I will explain.
>> Putting the name in -mdoc macro prevents it from being hyphenated.
>> PostScript output looks better, etc.
> 
> Ok, it would just be helpful to know what to use as I'll use stuff in other
> manpages and it turns out to be wrong.

Actually, I'm the only one who references kernel options in manpages without
using a literal text of 'option FOO' on a separate line it seems.  I don't know
where I picked up using quotes.  ktr(4) uses just plain .Dv for kernel options,
so I'll change witness.4 to use those instead of .Qq Dv.

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