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Branden Robinson" Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org References: <20211112225423.8361-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com> <20211113000614.9514-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com> <20211122073658.a5ofemyz5sdaa6da@localhost.localdomain> From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" In-Reply-To: <20211122073658.a5ofemyz5sdaa6da@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi, Branden! On 11/22/21 08:37, G. Branden Robinson wrote: >> The downside is that they are more difficult to automatically spot >> than clause breaks (which tend to have associated punctuation). >> But we are humans writing patches, >> not machines, >> and therefore we should be able to decide and detect them better. > > I, do, however, find the free verse style more difficult to read in > email, as a rule. A brain is a modal thing, and when I'm reading emails > I'm generally prepared for prose. When I'm editing a man page, my mind > is in a different mode, and better prepared for the foregoing textual > style. Sorry :) >> This convention, sometimes known as "semantic newlines", >> makes it easier to see the effect of patches, >> -which often operate at the level of individual sentences or sentence clauses. >> +which often operate at the level of >> +individual sentences, sentence clauses, or phrases. > > I would drop the qualifier "sentence" from "sentence clause(s)" here. > One wonders, "what's a NON-sentence clause"? Just "clauses" is fine. > > This noun is not otherwise used in the man-pages project except very > rarely to refer to items in legal notices, another standard usage with a > clearly distinct context. In the context of the patch, the discussion > is obviously grammatical and sentential. Makes sense; will do. > > Apart from that, LGTM! > > Regards, > Branden > Thanks! Alex -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/