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From: | Colin Watson |
Subject: | address@hidden: Bug#369254: groff: groff_man s/become usage/become common/] |
Date: | Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:28:54 +0100 |
User-agent: | Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
While this was reported against groff 1.18.1.1 and the patch doesn't quite apply any more, the substance of the report is still valid with groff CVS HEAD, and I agree with the English improvement (or maybe "become standard usage"?). Here's an updated patch. === modified file 'tmac/groff_man.man' --- tmac/groff_man.man 2009-01-05 20:10:29 +0000 +++ tmac/groff_man.man 2009-07-20 10:27:40 +0000 @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ If a preprocessor like .B @address@hidden or .B @address@hidden -is needed, it has become usage to make the first line of the +is needed, it has become common to make the first line of the .I \%man\~page look like this: . Thanks, -- Colin Watson address@hidden
--- Begin Message ---Subject: Bug#369254: groff: groff_man s/become usage/become common/ Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 12:34:30 -0400 User-agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Package: groff Version: 1.18.1.1-12 Severity: minor Tags: upstream patch --- - 2006-05-28 12:16:41.104563000 -0400 +++ /tmp/groff_man.7 2006-05-28 12:15:58.000000000 -0400 @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ .B tbl or .B eqn -is needed, it has become usage to make the first line of the man page look +is needed, it has become common to make the first line of the man page look like this: .PP .RS
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