Re: [PATCH v3 07/13] libc.7: ffix

[Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

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Hi Branden,

On 1/5/23 23:53, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> * Set page topic in lowercase.
> * Use typographer's quotation marks instead of '"' for quotation.

Isn't it equivalent in running text?  '"' is simpler to type.

> * Hyperlink the text "GNU C Library" to its website.
> 
> Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>

Cheers,

Alex

> ---
>   man7/libc.7 | 13 +++++++------
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/libc.7 b/man7/libc.7
> index 5deba0a8e..43ec0269f 100644
> --- a/man7/libc.7
> +++ b/man7/libc.7
> @@ -3,21 +3,22 @@
>   .\"
>   .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
>   .\"
> -.TH LIBC 7 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
> +.TH libc 7 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>   .SH NAME
>   libc \- overview of standard C libraries on Linux
>   .SH DESCRIPTION
> -The term "libc" is commonly used as a shorthand for
> -the "standard C library",
> +The term \(lqlibc\(rq is commonly used as a shorthand for
> +the \(lqstandard C library\(rq
>   a library of standard functions that can be used by all C programs
>   (and sometimes by programs in other languages).
>   Because of some history
>   (see below),
> -use of the term "libc"
> +use of the term \(lqlibc\(rq
>   to refer to the standard C library is somewhat ambiguous on Linux.
>   .SS glibc
> -By far the most widely used C library on Linux is the GNU C Library
> +By far the most widely used C library on Linux is the
>   .UR http://www.gnu.org\:/software\:/libc/
> +GNU C Library
>   .UE ,
>   often referred to as
>   .IR glibc .
> @@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ there was for a while
>   a fork of glibc 1.x created by Linux developers who felt that glibc
>   development at the time was not sufficing for the needs of Linux.
>   Often,
> -this library was referred to (ambiguously) as just "libc".
> +this library was referred to (ambiguously) as just \(lqlibc\(rq.
>   Linux libc released major versions 2, 3, 4, and 5,
>   as well as many minor versions of those releases.
>   Linux libc4 was the last version to use the a.out binary format,

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