Re: [PATCH] doc, maint: fix use of "i.e." in documentation and comments

[Pádraig Brady]

On 30/01/15 20:48, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> The attached fixes various inconsistent uses of "i.e." (lat. id est):
> * ensure "i.e." is followed by a comma,

This is a difference between "American" and "U.K." English.
UK English does not generally use a following comma.
Comma is used to disambiguate, and I don't think there
is an ambiguity with i.e. To my mind there is an implicit comma.

I'm fine with the change for consistency though.

> * ensure "I.e." is preceeded by 2 spaces at the beginning of a sentence,

+1

> * ensure to use a lower-case 'e' in "I.e.".

+1

> Is this correct?
> 
> I used some sed expressions to fix the offending places, but I'm
> unsure about the old ChangeLog files:
>   ChangeLog-200{5..7} and
>   old/{file,text}utils/ChangeLog
> Should we leave them?

I'd just leave these I'd say.
I'm thinking of cleaning these out in a future release anyway.

> Have a nice day,
> Berny
>