Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:20:24 GMT From: Adrian Filipi <adrian@ubergeeks.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/77024: typo/bad grammar in indent(1) manpage Message-ID: <200502031720.j13HKOI8099440@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/77024; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Adrian Filipi <adrian@ubergeeks.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/77024: typo/bad grammar in indent(1) manpage Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:17:04 -0500 (EST) Sounds good to me. Better than the original. Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com ] On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > % --- 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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