From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8654AC433F5 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2022 19:40:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233638AbiBMTkg (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Feb 2022 14:40:36 -0500 Received: from mxb-00190b01.gslb.pphosted.com ([23.128.96.19]:51336 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229737AbiBMTkf (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Feb 2022 14:40:35 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 303 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at lindbergh.monkeyblade.net; Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:40:27 PST Received: from info.physics.ubc.ca (info.physics.ubc.ca [142.103.234.23]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 94B4456C2B for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:40:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by info.physics.ubc.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D003112004B; Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:35:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:35:23 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Unruh To: Helge Kreutzmann cc: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Mario_Bl=E4ttermann?= , util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Errors in man pages of util-linux In-Reply-To: <20220213185104.GA23259@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> Message-ID: References: <20220210192341.GA23576@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> <20220210203542.GA25645@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> <20220213185104.GA23259@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LMD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="1737365482-580583748-1644780923=:30526" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1737365482-580583748-1644780923=:30526 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE It is good English. It unifies the two concepts. If they are not separated = by a hyphen, date becomes an adjective of time. It is the type of time called = a date, and I have no idea what that means. William G. Unruh __| Canadian Institute for|____ Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy _|___ Advanced Research _|____ Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC _|_ Program in Cosmology |____ unruh@physics.ubc.ca Canada V6T 1Z1 ____|____ and Gravity ______|_ www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ On Sun, 13 Feb 2022, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello Mario, > On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 07:33:07PM +0100, Mario Bl=C3=A4ttermann wrote: >> Am Do., 10. Feb. 2022 um 21:35 Uhr schrieb Helge Kreutzmann >> : >>> >>> Hello all, >>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 08:23:41PM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: >>>> I will send the issues in individual mails (like last time), without >>>> this header. This will be a total of 84 mails. >>>> >>>> I'll wait with sending for ~ 1 hour in case you would not like to have >>>> them in those e-mails. >>> >>> Mario asked me to provide the issues, therefor I send them to him >>> directly for handling. >>> >> >> I've fixed most of the issues in my Github fork; see pull request >> #1601. However, there's something left (my comments are in brackets): > > Thanks. > > My 5 =C2=A2: > >> -- >> Man page: hwclock.8 >> Issue: date-time =E2=86=92 date time?? >> >> "There are two types of date-time clocks:" >> >> (We have lots of occurences of this "date-time" thing. Don't know >> whether it's good English or bad English =E2=80=A6) > > It's used quite a few times in the file, so better leave it as is to > be consistent. > >> -- >> Man page: lsmem.1 >> Issue: The first sentence is broken >> >> "The B command lists a new memory range always when the current m= emory " >> "block distinguish from the previous block by some output column. This " >> "default behavior is possible to override by the B<--split> option (e.g.= , " >> "B). The special word \"none\" may be used to ign= ore all " >> "differences between memory blocks and to create as large as possible " >> "continuous ranges. The opposite semantic is B<--all> to list individual= " >> >> (Not sure what this means. I can't remember anymore why I wrote this >> comment more than three years ago =E2=80=A6) > > Sorry, the english is rather hard to read: > Suggested: > The command B always lists a new memory range when the current > memory block differs from the previous block in some output column. > > Greetings > > Helge > -- > Dr. Helge Kreutzmann debian@helgefjell.de > Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.p= hp > 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred > Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/ > --1737365482-580583748-1644780923=:30526--