From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Vuko5-0001qv-CQ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:19:05 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34456) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vuknw-0001pm-0o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:19:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vukno-0007Xx-Ls for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:18:55 -0500 Received: from mail-ea0-f172.google.com ([209.85.215.172]:36851) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vukno-0007Xt-EL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:18:48 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f172.google.com with SMTP id q10so1640042ead.31 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:18:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; bh=vgosWQqmSGW10sBrxVpvWFKBMgwx+ld3fB3/02B76+U=; b=BY37Dh1a5Mx1URDjGDrFLz6SgUnZmpUbtORrrmt3mxemK2bC/3VIAPUrS8/B4+2LJW yrRYC8pzJONfXffiapVVHzmThM5pGmHbP2TsgmZjvIDJItOlu5TbgUHpcNsCNvAqen3c 3maw6shOMVlPvLvvnT5sNWIOy9qIHu/SCZOkbU9qwt9UHPDgylAGQPPu9HKmhm+0RWn7 F3DiDemv9vRyZK+BsgWbLnnr5oHkJrrLj5uDiBnyD9K04ldCtb7eq6YfPxPT0DEW/anB XTXOs3ywn0ykSOQ92BKQ6oIGlYOFNIUolTsZ1X1LUlUfvPrjwrgMOgydF+4LMDoPVgEM 569w== X-Received: by 10.15.34.197 with SMTP id e45mr7620775eev.61.1387725492557; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:18:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (85-188.196-178.cust.bluewin.ch. [178.196.188.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id h3sm37209589eem.15.2013.12.22.07.18.11 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:18:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52B702B2.2010409@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:18:10 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131103 Icedove/17.0.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: please attempt to minimize string changes References: <1387665282.17387.62428913.56FD8AA4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <52B62A82.1010500@gmail.com> <1387688151.918.19.camel@opensuse.site> <1387703902.20556.62526541.60D1FDDC@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1387703902.20556.62526541.60D1FDDC@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="lOWgGggg7FkGoQlbS3I8GkxLivbxCLO7c" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.215.172 Cc: Andrey Borzenkov , Benno Schulenberg X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:19:03 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --lOWgGggg7FkGoQlbS3I8GkxLivbxCLO7c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 22.12.2013 10:18, Benno Schulenberg wrote: >=20 > On Sun, Dec 22, 2013, at 5:55, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: >> Will below patch help? It also removes trailing dot on the first >> paragraph which was not present before. >=20 > Thanks, the patch looks good. Except that the trailing dot needs > to be there: it is a doc string and should end in a period. The > addition of the dot was an improvement. :) >=20 @Andrey. Could you commit your patch with this suggestion? Thanks > The general rule is: when the string starts with a capitalized word, > it wants to be a full sentence and should end in a period. When the > message starts with a lowercase letter, don't use a period anywhere > in the message; when you need a second sentence, use a semicolon. >=20 >> I usually use [TERMINAL ...] (with extra spaces). I find it establishe= d >> enough practice at least in UNIX manuals. >=20 > Indeed. Although in most of the man pages I've looked at just now > (df, ls, grep, sed, swapon, gawk), only gawk uses a space before the > dots. But whatever you choose, please make it consistent across > grub -- I've seen at least one instance without a space before the > dots in grub's messages. >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Benno >=20 --lOWgGggg7FkGoQlbS3I8GkxLivbxCLO7c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlK3ArIACgkQmBXlbbo5nOt1sAD+Mhpz7G0l7M9KYkglhlkVtw3J aq9sLy/eaes6V9NSCaAA/inUFun3rZBWwiI5kGqHvTLK7dRs7ZlAN8TCxjG1MAMW =yvAi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lOWgGggg7FkGoQlbS3I8GkxLivbxCLO7c--