Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 11:20:28 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/77024: typo/bad grammar in indent(1) manpage Message-ID: <200502031120.j13BKSK7057471@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/77024; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Adrian Filipi <adrian@ubergeeks.com> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/77024: typo/bad grammar in indent(1) manpage Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:12:09 +0200 % --- indent.1.orig Thu Feb 3 00:35:20 2005 % +++ indent.1 Thu Feb 3 00:36:37 2005 % @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ % .Pp % .Dl indent *.c % .Pp % -to the shell in an attempt to indent all the % +To the shell this is an attempt to indent all the % .Em C % programs in a directory. % -This is probably a bug, not a feature. % +It is probably a bug, not a feature. This shows too little context from the original manpage. Reading both the preceding paragraph and the one that follows the displayed material we see: % A common mistake that often causes grief is typing: % % indent *.c % % to the shell in an attempt to indent all the C programs in a % directory. This is probably a bug, not a feature. If you read both these paragraphs as one sentence, it probably makes more sense. I agree it looks a bit confusing though. We can probably rewrite this part as: % A common mistake is to try to indent all the C programs in a % directory by typing: % % indent *.c % % This is probably a bug, not a feature.
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