From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] man7/*: ffix, change '-' to '\-' for options and to '\(en' for a range
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 23:31:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200701233130.GA28916@rhi.hi.is> (raw)
Change '-' to '\-' for the prefix of names to indicate an option.
Change '-' to '\(en' for a range.
Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
---
man7/bootparam.7 | 4 ++--
man7/cgroups.7 | 12 ++++++------
man7/feature_test_macros.7 | 4 ++--
man7/man.7 | 2 +-
man7/math_error.7 | 6 +++---
man7/pid_namespaces.7 | 2 +-
man7/pthreads.7 | 2 +-
7 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
index 48a7d047c..888e47c8d 100644
--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ A symbolic specification has the form
.IR /dev/XXYN ,
where XX designates
the device type (e.g., 'hd' for ST-506 compatible hard disk, with Y in
-\&'a'-'d'; 'sd' for SCSI compatible disk, with Y in 'a'-'e'),
+\&'a'\(en'd'; 'sd' for SCSI compatible disk, with Y in 'a'\(en'e'),
Y the driver letter or
number, and N the number (in decimal) of the partition on this device.
.IP
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ for older kernels) in the Linux kernel source.
.B "IDE Disk/CD-ROM Driver Parameters"
The IDE driver accepts a number of parameters, which range from disk
geometry specifications, to support for broken controller chips.
-Drive-specific options are specified by using 'hdX=' with X in 'a'-'h'.
+Drive-specific options are specified by using 'hdX=' with X in 'a'\(en'h'.
.IP
Non-drive-specific options are specified with the prefix 'hd='.
Note that using a drive-specific prefix for a non-drive-specific option
diff --git a/man7/cgroups.7 b/man7/cgroups.7
index 2f4307bef..deed09d44 100644
--- a/man7/cgroups.7
+++ b/man7/cgroups.7
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ cgroup filesystem is mounted:
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
-mount -o release_agent=pathname ...
+mount \-o release_agent=pathname ...
.EE
.in
.PP
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ it is possible to mount a cgroup hierarchy that has no attached controllers:
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
-mount -t cgroup -o none,name=somename none /some/mount/point
+mount \-t cgroup \-o none,name=somename none /some/mount/point
.EE
.in
.PP
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ when mounting the cgroup v2 filesystem using a command such as the following:
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
-mount -t cgroup2 none /mnt/cgroup2
+mount \-t cgroup2 none /mnt/cgroup2
.EE
.in
.PP
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ during the boot process.
.\"
.SS Cgroups v2 mount options
The following options
-.RI ( "mount -o" )
+.RI ( "mount \-o" )
can be specified when mounting the group v2 filesystem:
.TP
.IR nsdelegate " (since Linux 4.15)"
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ or '\-' (to disable a controller), as in the following example:
.IP
.in +4n
.EX
-echo '+pids -memory' > x/y/cgroup.subtree_control
+echo '+pids \-memory' > x/y/cgroup.subtree_control
.EE
.in
.IP
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ option as follows:
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
-mount -t cgroup2 -o remount,nsdelegate \e
+mount \-t cgroup2 \-o remount,nsdelegate \e
none /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
.EE
.in
diff --git a/man7/feature_test_macros.7 b/man7/feature_test_macros.7
index 186c8e27d..cba587bf1 100644
--- a/man7/feature_test_macros.7
+++ b/man7/feature_test_macros.7
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ ISO Standard C.
This macro is implicitly defined by
.BR gcc (1)
when invoked with, for example, the
-.I -std=c99
+.I \-std=c99
or
-.I -ansi
+.I \-ansi
flag.
.TP
.B _POSIX_C_SOURCE
diff --git a/man7/man.7 b/man7/man.7
index 95033539f..7c6daac92 100644
--- a/man7/man.7
+++ b/man7/man.7
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ macro, with the optional
(if present, usually a closing parenthesis and/or end-of-sentence
punctuation) immediately following.
For non-HTML output devices (e.g.,
-.BR "man -Tutf8" ),
+.BR "man \-Tutf8" ),
the link text is followed by the URL in angle brackets; if there is no
link text, the URL is printed as its own link text, surrounded by angle
brackets.
diff --git a/man7/math_error.7 b/man7/math_error.7
index 1a07a2318..187c0b1cc 100644
--- a/man7/math_error.7
+++ b/man7/math_error.7
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ and POSIX.1.
.PP
The
.BR gcc (1)
-.I "-fno-math-errno"
+.I "\-fno-math-errno"
option causes the executable to employ implementations of some
mathematical functions that are faster than the standard
implementations, but do not set
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ implementations, but do not set
on error.
(The
.BR gcc (1)
-.I "-ffast-math"
+.I "\-ffast-math"
option also enables
-.IR "-fno-math-errno" .)
+.IR "\-fno-math-errno" .)
An error can still be tested for using
.BR fetestexcept (3).
.SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man7/pid_namespaces.7 b/man7/pid_namespaces.7
index 05d821602..1e5a6065f 100644
--- a/man7/pid_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/pid_namespaces.7
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ is:
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
-$ mount -t proc proc /proc
+$ mount \-t proc proc /proc
.EE
.in
.PP
diff --git a/man7/pthreads.7 b/man7/pthreads.7
index 78f6df17f..c91106d8c 100644
--- a/man7/pthreads.7
+++ b/man7/pthreads.7
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ is set to a value other than
then this value defines the default stack size for new threads.
To be effective, this limit must be set before the program
is executed, perhaps using the
-.I ulimit -s
+.I ulimit \-s
shell built-in command
.RI ( "limit stacksize"
in the C shell).
--
2.27.0
next reply other threads:[~2020-07-01 23:31 UTC|newest]
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2020-07-01 23:31 Bjarni Ingi Gislason [this message]
2020-07-02 10:28 ` [PATCH] man7/*: ffix, change '-' to '\-' for options and to '\(en' for a range Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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