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Date:      Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:24:54 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject:   Re: "Rules" in documentation (was: cvs commit: src/bin/pwd pwd.1 src/bin/sh sh.1 src/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath manpath.man src/lib/libc/db/man mpool.3 src/lib/libc/net getaddrinfo.3 getipnodebyname.3 src/lib/libc/posix1e acl.3 cap.3 cap_get_proc.3 posix1e.3 ...) 
Message-ID:  <7507.997953894@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:43:02 %2B0930." <20010816104302.I49989@wantadilla.lemis.com> 

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On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:43:02 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:

> If a man page writer has a particular reason for a specific sequence,
> I don't think other people should go in and change it.

As both a reader and writer of manual pages, I don't like that.  I like
consistency in the SEE ALSO section so that I don't have to think as
much when I scan it for something I suspect might be there.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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