words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden (was: preferred /proc//xxx style?)

Alejandro Colomar
2022-12-09T21:10:20Z

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Hi Branden!

On 12/9/22 22:03, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Hi Alex & Mike,
>
> Alex, you beat me to this one...
>
> At 2022-12-09T20:43:21+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>>> personally i find that jarring to read because it's using italics
>>> for the whole path except for the pid which has no styling at all.
>
> I submit that it is more jarring to have to have a file specification
> with mixed literal and variable components, such as
>
> /var/log/epidemic/pid/port
>
> and have it all marked up in the same typeface without a visual clue as
> to which part is nonliteral. (Observe the ambiguity.) Yes, "the
> experienced user will usually know [which part to replace]".[1] To rely
> on that principle in documentation is a deriliction of duty.

Your emails are the reason I know and often use dict(1). Lol.

$ dict deriliction
No definitions found for "deriliction", perhaps you mean:
gcide: Dereliction
wn: dereliction
moby-thesaurus: dereliction

And yes, dereliction has a definition compatible with your use.

Cheers,

Alex

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