From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Apr 2 13:13: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from lists.blarg.net (lists.blarg.net [206.124.128.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE8637B405 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:12:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from thig.blarg.net (thig.blarg.net [206.124.128.18]) by lists.blarg.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C282BCF5; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:12:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([206.124.139.115]) by thig.blarg.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA03979; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:12:47 -0800 Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.3) id g32LAmT88331; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:10:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@blarg.net) To: Peter Pentchev Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/36448: [PATCH] intro(8) References: <200204021100.g32B06W53889@freefall.freebsd.org> From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 02 Apr 2002 13:10:48 -0800 In-Reply-To: <200204021100.g32B06W53889@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Partially re: ..."such values are not described in the manuals." Peter Pentchev writes: > You may also want to break the second sentence, 'Its value may be..', > onto a new line :) Also, 'errors codes' might be better as 'error > codes' (singular 'error'), and the final 'manuals' might be replaced > with 'manual pages'. But then, this is just MHO :) I like the first two changes and "manual pages" is surely OK, but "manuals" might better be replaced with the sorter "manual" if the goal is to perpetuate the tradition that there is only one "manual" with many "manual pages". I think we could reduce the tendency to use the silly term "man pages" by promoting the use of the cleaner term "manuals", considering them as elements of a set of manuals, kind of like the old Great Wall of VAX Manuals. I think we should live with both concepts while slowly changing the tradition. But then, this is just MHO :) Tom, I think it should be your choice as a meager "payment" for doing the work. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message