From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE63C4332F for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 19:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229475AbiLKTPZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2022 14:15:25 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53472 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229471AbiLKTPY (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2022 14:15:24 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 563 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at lindbergh.monkeyblade.net; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:15:22 PST Received: from mail.moria.de (in.ti-gw.moria.de [217.197.85.202]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 794C7DF0F for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:15:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=moria.de; s=20221124; h=From:Message-Id:References:In-Reply-To:Cc:Subject:To:Date: Sender:Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=3Jv17BDFB0myHBRiHDAqiJadi7PtCxO3DY74Sg2sIac=; b=bnmp4A5qMacpj3b/e38EtiaWUD 60UyLhUyJzHiX4I2KqIjd4PELM2W6Uknr9yywGXmjIjSP3WgnPPPjDA+IZu3JktOuYHP2Mi/kbjqY gjehH8PC/nI3NQWwS0chW+ngoLdQAYmRwxWiSTPIu5pyWmwZGv8xu2xOy7WJHSBhemPBsjztUR8xR Q8NO52t2DlZ1/VXN0pRBiXHBM7J1LhYbGfbZPk+WcGdEOaFUWZ0UmUxuLY5dSxZFDT4iBZNGFQYBN qpoAgshaeXYJLGenGE5XquaY5LeggeB5ZB7vntZkNLRCb500Xo7LN1j4gaHAcz7GdmBWe1yiXQA6m 19MVSIDA==; Received: from palantir.moria.de ([2001:67c:1407:e1::80]:55558 helo=palantir) by mail.moria.de with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.94 #2) id 1p4Re5-00083u-1w; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:05:53 +0100 Received: from michael by palantir with local (ID michael) (Exim 4.94 #2) id 1p4Rdx-0002PO-Kl; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:05:45 +0100 Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:05:45 +0100 To: Alejandro Colomar Subject: Re: Ping^1: Chapters of the manual (was: Bug#1018737: /usr/bin/rst2man: rst2man: .TH 5th field shouldn't be empty) Cc: Colin Watson , Ingo Schwarze , "G. Branden Robinson" , linux-man , groff@gnu.org, Andries Brouwer , Michael Kerrisk , Douglas McIlroy , "Andries E. Brouwer" In-Reply-To: References: <20220906191320.447t5awx3rcb5d5b@illithid> <20220906204245.hzhq2s7yha6zzgrh@illithid> <30e80fe0-f0ce-d6cd-ee40-28692e5a5f82@gmail.com> <5c1e8620-e4ff-c79a-1d4e-11f797276726@gmail.com> <20221116234049.GA1229865@if> User-Agent: mail v14.9.24 Message-Id: From: Michael Haardt X-Debug: DKIM none moria.de Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org I just checked what is easily available to me: v7 calls them sections in intro pages, but chapters in man(1) and man(7). Celerity Computing UNIX (looks like a BSD port) calls them sections in intro pages and man(7), but chapter in manv(7) (dtroff version of man(7)). SunOS 4.1.1 calls them sections everywhere. HP-UX 11.11 calls them sections everywhere. Given the changes it looks like you are not the first person to note an inconsistency here, but I see a majority calling them sections and getting rid of the term chapter over time. Now all of the above is commercially obsolete by now and Linux dominates, but I don't see a good reason to break an established term and instead suggest to follow the above and s/chapter/section/g. Michael