From owner-freebsd-doc Tue May 9 11:50: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26DDF37B694 for ; Tue, 9 May 2000 11:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id LAA10475; Tue, 9 May 2000 11:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 11:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200005091850.LAA10475@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: "Alexander N. Kabaev" Subject: Re: docs/18467: Small type in kobj man page Reply-To: "Alexander N. Kabaev" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/18467; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Alexander N. Kabaev" To: Mike Pritchard Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/18467: Small type in kobj man page Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 14:43:14 -0400 (EDT) Yes, but is it fine to use both spellings on the same page? I still believe that 'despatch' should be changed to dispatch to be consistent with the rest of the page. On 09-May-00 Mike Pritchard wrote: > On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 12:05:39PM -0400, ak03@gte.com wrote: >> >Number: 18467 >> >Category: docs >> >Synopsis: Simple typo in man page >> >Description: >> >> dispatching spelled as despatching in man page >> >> >How-To-Repeat: >> >> man kobj > >>From "dict despatch": > >>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: > > Despatch \De*spatch"\, n. & v. > Same as {Dispatch}. > > Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d['e]p[^e]che. > See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] > > > Looks like this spelling is fine. > > -Mike > -- > Mike Pritchard > mpp@FreeBSD.org or mpp@mppsystems.com ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Alexander N. Kabaev Date: 09-May-00 Time: 14:39:17 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message