[PATCH 1/2] man-pages.7: pfix

[PATCH 1/2] man-pages.7: pfix

[David Prévot]

---
 man7/man-pages.7 | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 3fa232d..5430297 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ system port
 T}
 real-time	T{
 realtime,
-real-time
+real time
 T}
 run time	runtime
 saved set-group-ID	T{
@@ -646,7 +646,8 @@ username	user name
 zeros	zeroes
 .TE
 .ad
-.PP See also the discussion
+.PP
+See also the discussion
 .IR "Hyphenation of attributive compounds"
 below.
 .SS Terms to avoid
@@ -744,7 +745,7 @@ Em-dashes should be written
 surrounding spaces.
 .SS Hyphenation of attributive compounds
 Compound terms should be hyphenated when used attributively
-(i.e., to qualify a following noun) Some examples:
+(i.e., to qualify a following noun). Some examples:
 
     32-bit value
     command-line argument
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ and the former is probably what you want.
 Where a real minus character is required (e.g., for numbers such as \-1,
 or when writing options that have a leading dash, such as in
 .IR "ls\ \-l"),
-use the following form in the man page source
+use the following form in the man page source:
 
     \\-
 
@@ -841,7 +842,7 @@ Example programs should be laid out according to Kernighan and
 Ritchie style, with 4-space indents.
 (Avoid the use of TAB characters in source code!)
 .IP *
-For consistency, all example programs should terminate using either of;
+For consistency, all example programs should terminate using either of:
 
      exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-- 
1.8.5.3

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[PATCH 2/2] proc.5: American spelling

[David Prévot]

---
 man5/proc.5 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 3acf867..4607a45 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -3264,7 +3264,7 @@ Possible values in this file are:
           8 - enable debugging dumps of processes etc.
          16 - enable sync command
          32 - enable remount read-only
-         64 - enable signalling of processes (term, kill, oom-kill)
+         64 - enable signaling of processes (term, kill, oom-kill)
         128 - allow reboot/poweroff
         256 - allow nicing of all real-time tasks
 
-- 
1.8.5.3

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Re: [PATCH 1/2] man-pages.7: pfix

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Thanks, David.

Applied.

Cheers

Michael


On 01/27/2014 11:53 PM, David Prévot wrote:
> ---
>  man7/man-pages.7 | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
> index 3fa232d..5430297 100644
> --- a/man7/man-pages.7
> +++ b/man7/man-pages.7
> @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ system port
>  T}
>  real-time	T{
>  realtime,
> -real-time
> +real time
>  T}
>  run time	runtime
>  saved set-group-ID	T{
> @@ -646,7 +646,8 @@ username	user name
>  zeros	zeroes
>  .TE
>  .ad
> -.PP See also the discussion
> +.PP
> +See also the discussion
>  .IR "Hyphenation of attributive compounds"
>  below.
>  .SS Terms to avoid
> @@ -744,7 +745,7 @@ Em-dashes should be written
>  surrounding spaces.
>  .SS Hyphenation of attributive compounds
>  Compound terms should be hyphenated when used attributively
> -(i.e., to qualify a following noun) Some examples:
> +(i.e., to qualify a following noun). Some examples:
>  
>      32-bit value
>      command-line argument
> @@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ and the former is probably what you want.
>  Where a real minus character is required (e.g., for numbers such as \-1,
>  or when writing options that have a leading dash, such as in
>  .IR "ls\ \-l"),
> -use the following form in the man page source
> +use the following form in the man page source:
>  
>      \\-
>  
> @@ -841,7 +842,7 @@ Example programs should be laid out according to Kernighan and
>  Ritchie style, with 4-space indents.
>  (Avoid the use of TAB characters in source code!)
>  .IP *
> -For consistency, all example programs should terminate using either of;
> +For consistency, all example programs should terminate using either of:
>  
>       exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
>       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> 


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Re: [PATCH 2/2] proc.5: American spelling

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Good catch!

Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael

On 01/27/2014 11:53 PM, David Prévot wrote:
> ---
>  man5/proc.5 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
> index 3acf867..4607a45 100644
> --- a/man5/proc.5
> +++ b/man5/proc.5
> @@ -3264,7 +3264,7 @@ Possible values in this file are:
>            8 - enable debugging dumps of processes etc.
>           16 - enable sync command
>           32 - enable remount read-only
> -         64 - enable signalling of processes (term, kill, oom-kill)
> +         64 - enable signaling of processes (term, kill, oom-kill)
>          128 - allow reboot/poweroff
>          256 - allow nicing of all real-time tasks
>  
> 


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[PATCH] man-pages.7: pfix

[David Prévot]

---
 man7/man-pages.7 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 5430297..214ba7d 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ please write all new pages and patches according to these conventions.
 Aside from the well-known spelling differences,
 there are a few other subtleties to watch for:
 .IP * 3
-American English tends to use the forms "backward" "upward", 'toward",
+American English tends to use the forms "backward", "upward", "toward",
 and so on
-rather than the British forms "backwards", upwards", "towards", and so on.
+rather than the British forms "backwards", "upwards", "towards", and so on.
 .SS BSD version numbers
 The classical scheme for writing BSD version numbers is
 .IR x.yBSD ,
-- 
1.9.rc1

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Re: [PATCH] man-pages.7: pfix

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Applied.

Thanks,

Michael


On 01/29/2014 05:12 PM, David Prévot wrote:
> ---
>  man7/man-pages.7 | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
> index 5430297..214ba7d 100644
> --- a/man7/man-pages.7
> +++ b/man7/man-pages.7
> @@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ please write all new pages and patches according to these conventions.
>  Aside from the well-known spelling differences,
>  there are a few other subtleties to watch for:
>  .IP * 3
> -American English tends to use the forms "backward" "upward", 'toward",
> +American English tends to use the forms "backward", "upward", "toward",
>  and so on
> -rather than the British forms "backwards", upwards", "towards", and so on.
> +rather than the British forms "backwards", "upwards", "towards", and so on.
>  .SS BSD version numbers
>  The classical scheme for writing BSD version numbers is
>  .IR x.yBSD ,
> 


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