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Date:      Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/19894: confusingly-named punctuation in style(9) 
Message-ID:  <200007131710.KAA39198@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/19894; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: docs/19894: confusingly-named punctuation in style(9) 
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:05:36 +0200

 On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:40:19 GMT, Tony Finch wrote:
 
 > In the section about usage() and manual page synopsys lines, the
 > text refers to what I call "square brackets" as "braces". I think
 > this is confusing and should be changed according to the diff below.
 > This also makes it consistent with the Jargon File.
 
 I agree that the text as is, is wrong.  However, I think the correct
 names for these things should be used:
 
 	parentheses	(	)
 	braces		{	}
 	brackets	[	]
 
 Ciao,
 Sheldon.
 


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