From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jul 13 10:10:13 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 EAD3E37B7CD for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id KAA39198; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007131710.KAA39198@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: docs/19894: confusingly-named punctuation in style(9) Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/19894; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: Tony Finch 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message