Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:22:27 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, jilles@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hello fdclose Message-ID: <C115C28A-657A-4C03-83F8-9118FCB9C1D7@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no> References: <CAGOYWV80vTTQbvSjvNa6XBzBiKy%2BjnGantkUH_RO=8prxoHmyQ@mail.gmail.com> <201403181404.52197.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403182230140.45496@wonkity.com> <201403191523.33275.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403191407240.52822@wonkity.com> <86zjkkr5ma.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403210740240.13682@wonkity.com> <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no>
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On Mar 21, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote: > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes: >> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: >>> We always use [The .Nm foo utility or The .Fn foo function] instead >>> of just .Nm or .Fn at the start of a sentence, but never (or rarely) >>> within a sentence. >> By "we", do you mean the FreeBSD project or your local organization? >> Is there a specific reason the redundant wording, or is it just >> customary? >=20 > I mean the FreeBSD project, and the reason is as John stated: all > sentences must start with a capital letter. I've gotten so used to = this > over the past 15 years that I even do it in email and other = non-FreeBSD > written material. Yes, it is style that was settled upon 15 years ago or so in the FreeBSD project. Even more than finding myself using this in email, etc, I find = that when I see people using other conventions it just looks wrong to my = eyes. Warner
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