* [PATCH] man-pages.7: tfix
@ 2021-01-25 21:17 Jakub Wilk
2021-01-28 11:50 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Wilk @ 2021-01-25 21:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Kerrisk; +Cc: linux-man
Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
---
man7/man-pages.7 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 14bbea54c..7658ef33b 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ is set is
is set to indicate the error"
or similar.
.\" Before man-pages 5.11, many different wordings were used, which
-.\" was confusing, and potentialy made scripted edits more difficult.
+.\" was confusing, and potentially made scripted edits more difficult.
This wording is consistent with the wording used in both POSIX.1 and FreeBSD.
.SS ATTRIBUTES
.\" See man-pages commit c466875ecd64ed3d3cd3e578406851b7dfb397bf
--
2.30.0
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* Re: [PATCH] man-pages.7: tfix
2021-01-25 21:17 [PATCH] man-pages.7: tfix Jakub Wilk
@ 2021-01-28 11:50 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2021-01-28 11:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jakub Wilk; +Cc: mtk.manpages, linux-man
On 1/25/21 10:17 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
Thanks, Jakub. Patch applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> ---
> man7/man-pages.7 | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
> index 14bbea54c..7658ef33b 100644
> --- a/man7/man-pages.7
> +++ b/man7/man-pages.7
> @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ is set is
> is set to indicate the error"
> or similar.
> .\" Before man-pages 5.11, many different wordings were used, which
> -.\" was confusing, and potentialy made scripted edits more difficult.
> +.\" was confusing, and potentially made scripted edits more difficult.
> This wording is consistent with the wording used in both POSIX.1 and FreeBSD.
> .SS ATTRIBUTES
> .\" See man-pages commit c466875ecd64ed3d3cd3e578406851b7dfb397bf
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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* [PATCH] man-pages.7: tfix
@ 2022-12-15 6:56 Eric Biggers
2022-12-15 12:29 ` Alejandro Colomar
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Eric Biggers @ 2022-12-15 6:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-man
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
---
man7/man-pages.7 | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 0d58f81d5..a21f88d86 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -634,14 +634,14 @@ macro.
An example is this "Tagged paragraphs" subsection is itself.
.TP
Ordered lists
-Elements are preceeded by a number in parentheses (1), (2).
+Elements are preceded by a number in parentheses (1), (2).
These represent a set of steps that have an order.
.IP
When there are substeps,
they will be numbered like (4.2).
.TP
Positional lists
-Elements are preceeded by a number (index) in square brackets [4], [5].
+Elements are preceded by a number (index) in square brackets [4], [5].
These represent fields in a set.
The first index will be:
.IP
@@ -660,11 +660,11 @@ to be consistent with tools like
.RE
.TP
Alternatives list
-Elements are preceeded by a letter in parentheses (a), (b).
+Elements are preceded by a letter in parentheses (a), (b).
These represent a set of (normally) exclusive alternatives.
.TP
Bullet lists
-Elements are preceeded by bullet symbols
+Elements are preceded by bullet symbols
.RB ( \e(bu ).
Anything that doesn't fit elsewhere is
usually covered by this type of list.
--
2.38.1
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* Re: [PATCH] man-pages.7: tfix
2022-12-15 6:56 Eric Biggers
@ 2022-12-15 12:29 ` Alejandro Colomar
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2022-12-15 12:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Biggers, linux-man
On 12/15/22 07:56, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Patch applied. Thanks,
Alex
> ---
> man7/man-pages.7 | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
> index 0d58f81d5..a21f88d86 100644
> --- a/man7/man-pages.7
> +++ b/man7/man-pages.7
> @@ -634,14 +634,14 @@ macro.
> An example is this "Tagged paragraphs" subsection is itself.
> .TP
> Ordered lists
> -Elements are preceeded by a number in parentheses (1), (2).
> +Elements are preceded by a number in parentheses (1), (2).
> These represent a set of steps that have an order.
> .IP
> When there are substeps,
> they will be numbered like (4.2).
> .TP
> Positional lists
> -Elements are preceeded by a number (index) in square brackets [4], [5].
> +Elements are preceded by a number (index) in square brackets [4], [5].
> These represent fields in a set.
> The first index will be:
> .IP
> @@ -660,11 +660,11 @@ to be consistent with tools like
> .RE
> .TP
> Alternatives list
> -Elements are preceeded by a letter in parentheses (a), (b).
> +Elements are preceded by a letter in parentheses (a), (b).
> These represent a set of (normally) exclusive alternatives.
> .TP
> Bullet lists
> -Elements are preceeded by bullet symbols
> +Elements are preceded by bullet symbols
> .RB ( \e(bu ).
> Anything that doesn't fit elsewhere is
> usually covered by this type of list.
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* [PATCH] man-pages.7: tfix
@ 2021-01-28 15:29 Alejandro Colomar
2021-01-28 20:11 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2021-01-28 15:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mtk.manpages; +Cc: Alejandro Colomar, linux-man
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---
man7/man-pages.7 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 7658ef33b..7ca2dfbf4 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ However, blank lines (achieved using
.IR .PP )
may be added in the following cases:
.IP * 3
-to separate long lists of function prototypes ino relates groups
+to separate long lists of function prototypes into related groups
(see for example
.BR list (3));
.IP *
--
2.30.0
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* Re: [PATCH] man-pages.7: tfix
2021-01-28 15:29 Alejandro Colomar
@ 2021-01-28 20:11 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2021-01-28 20:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: mtk.manpages, linux-man
On 1/28/21 4:29 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Thanks, Alex. Patch applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> ---
> man7/man-pages.7 | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
> index 7658ef33b..7ca2dfbf4 100644
> --- a/man7/man-pages.7
> +++ b/man7/man-pages.7
> @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ However, blank lines (achieved using
> .IR .PP )
> may be added in the following cases:
> .IP * 3
> -to separate long lists of function prototypes ino relates groups
> +to separate long lists of function prototypes into related groups
> (see for example
> .BR list (3));
> .IP *
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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* [PATCH] man-pages.7: tfix
@ 2014-01-20 21:48 Simon Paillard
[not found] ` <1390254504-13150-1-git-send-email-spaillard-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Simon Paillard @ 2014-01-20 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA; +Cc: Simon Paillard
---
man7/man-pages.7 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 3f74ea2..79ecc22 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ In subsection ("SS") headings,
capitalize the first word in the heading, but otherwise use lower case,
except where English usage (e.g., proper nouns) or programming
language requirements (e.g., identifier names) dictate otherwise.
-Foe example:
+For example:
.SS Unicode under Linux
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