From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
To: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Cc: "Util-Linux" <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] docs: setterm.1 clean up manual page groff style
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 14:44:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1400935458.18113.121085821.31470970@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1400929696-12548-5-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi>
On Sat, May 24, 2014, at 13:08, Sami Kerola wrote:
> Underline option arguments, and use bold for options.
Ehm, no, that is not the style. Italics (underline on a terminal) is
for things that need to be replaced, need to be filled in; bold is for
literal arguments, things that have to be typed as is.
> +.RI ( on
> +or
> +.IR off ),
.RB ( on " or " off )
> +the default is
> +.IR on .
.BR on .
> +.I 8-color
Correct.
> +below is
> +.IR black ,
.BR black ,
And so on.
Benno
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-24 12:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-24 11:08 [PATCH 0/4] setterm: documentation updates Sami Kerola
2014-05-24 11:08 ` [PATCH 1/4] setterm: add usage() descriptions Sami Kerola
2014-05-24 12:30 ` Benno Schulenberg
2014-05-25 10:57 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-25 20:51 ` Benno Schulenberg
2014-05-24 11:08 ` [PATCH 2/4] docs: setterm.1 add missing options to manual page and remove duplicate Sami Kerola
2014-05-24 12:33 ` Benno Schulenberg
2014-05-25 10:57 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-24 11:08 ` [PATCH 3/4] docs: setterm.1 add options compatibility note Sami Kerola
2014-05-24 12:38 ` Benno Schulenberg
2014-05-25 10:58 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-24 11:08 ` [PATCH 4/4] docs: setterm.1 clean up manual page groff style Sami Kerola
2014-05-24 12:44 ` Benno Schulenberg [this message]
2014-05-25 10:58 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-25 21:10 ` Benno Schulenberg
2014-05-26 8:42 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-26 10:11 ` Karel Zak
2014-05-26 15:46 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-27 14:46 ` Karel Zak
2014-05-29 9:48 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-29 10:23 ` Ruediger Meier
2014-05-30 7:44 ` Sami Kerola
2014-06-01 22:35 ` Ruediger Meier
2014-06-02 16:42 ` Sami Kerola
2014-06-02 21:23 ` Bernhard Voelker
2014-06-02 21:35 ` Ruediger Meier
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