From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.helgefjell.de (mail.helgefjell.de [142.132.201.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A22614A62B for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:05:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=142.132.201.35 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1756137958; cv=none; b=eEcdNJpMvF/ligILOnK+T/bM5pIV1b8l7ihj5Sa2XmRn6VEZHyBN+ZSQFtV66Sa+6uKT6JrVfLJtKJ/VQiufNiwQIrvhNbUgfq5742SweNNGn5Jt0x866xEYVKYLXoA1ZvKaqecPxVF3wkFtmDmOqMupXftK3vlkPanLgCF7UEw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1756137958; c=relaxed/simple; bh=mzqeaT93xyauwJpRBRZGCuHS5nWy3CpD/t9JTJZPBIE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:Mime-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=SNBSpnyzDc1LnFPSn4yqlYCYl9pzzIlEZYihY0c94x9CilLiIJHU4p23stjjn/oB8sp0T4VwV7JsjxCruKpOLkbv88rbG8rIOY5RqkKkO3TFVSdECTmLLtR5gHGG4fGHDTBAt4TRKi4B4azjdfZF4ZwIJrfm8QwPL84HXntyqbs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=helgefjell.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=helgefjell.de; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=helgefjell.de header.i=@helgefjell.de header.b=jJgJpXzi; arc=none smtp.client-ip=142.132.201.35 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=helgefjell.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=helgefjell.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=helgefjell.de header.i=@helgefjell.de header.b="jJgJpXzi" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=helgefjell.de; s=selector.helgefjell; t=1756137955; bh=TreLhoK21V58/Gr5H+EtkUWP+sIC85ryTk5EIrg3OTE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=jJgJpXziZMQkJENmxNS/VY6qgixEkEIJyK1eBSwDK4FVxkurBOwb1zRWndDdOH5ez zWIf/VOJvcD0vfNPXa6Me9Sp1+7aGmN0DBEaZxY7KgC10HbS6IuGySuhUpg2r+K7H+ 1BKACkkTQbr/1vfVKtNPiJzPZaxNdEhm23grzC7kILkCHUcGpt9Plezm5VkSFGGCL8 u8/R28WIeGmZWIBPqmiOPEO67xF18uflGvQ9egwJaow1hJ7wFAtp9kD1r8AmQqrJQg FPXlBbNwEebgBB2ksJ3bsa2W4kazgO/6OqJlBN/NHY/LOierU2TY+f6QS3Jbi2gNNy SyTgMnmqAu4yg== Original-Subject: Re: Issue in man page puts.3 Author: Helge Kreutzmann Original-Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1002) by mail.helgefjell.de with local id 0000000000020051.0000000068AC89E3.0031D722; Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:05:55 +0000 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:05:55 +0000 From: Helge Kreutzmann To: Alejandro Colomar Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Issue in man page puts.3 Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=_meinfjell-3266338-1756137955-0001-2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.helgefjell.de/data/debian_neu.asc X-homepage: http://www.helgefjell.de/debian This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. --=_meinfjell-3266338-1756137955-0001-2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 09:17:17PM +0200 schrieb Alejandro Colomar: > Hi Helge, >=20 > On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 02:48:48PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > Without further ado, the following was found: > >=20 > > Issue 1: I =E2=86=92 BIB<)> > > Issue 2: I =E2=86=92 BIB<, >IB<)> > >=20 > > "I is equivalent to I." >=20 > These are correct. See man-pages(7): >=20 > Expressions, if not written on a separate indented line, > should be specified in italics. Thanks for the pointer. I now see that sentence, but it doesn't make sense. I believed the whole idea of this formatting was to give meaning to the content, e.g. put variables in italices and "fixed" strings in bold. Rules like these also make translations harder, because translators are not programmers, and guides like layed out in the previous paragraphs really helped a lot doing good translations. I guess at least for Linux man pages I stop reporting formatting issues, as the rules are much more complex than I would like them to be / than I tought. Sorry thus for the many (incorrect) reports. Greetings Helge --=20 Dr. Helge Kreutzmann debian@helgefjell.de Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/ --=_meinfjell-3266338-1756137955-0001-2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEbZZfteMW0gNUynuwQbqlJmgq5nAFAmisieMACgkQQbqlJmgq 5nDuBBAAl995x5qJMg98Y/RqmueYHn8aeq4ABFuBqFAGnb9dCsGT7PmJWYq8XCQT KwO/TWdOYVcNNV8WCCNEeZqI5Nk8nKf2k+tGaCJcIVroAe5e+578cflZ9PInftq8 +u1cq6BXUDcEWyTukiS4SpNOX7PkPXTKKfpsczk1xVo7k5oNzTYvSIiBiHaSdPMh 4jNRvRA/C1Z8Zq0QyanBbdx/bJTzuqMSUzOxKesbo2QB/9G2H4hGKfNjbBVdVw9m iRTfiZmM3AMYSTox8Dm5xJv3GbBad4flpyYrA8zojGw1Rz7YTUlBtYTNeELf/u9x rIVEzUmp/tI3SyFczv9N6EK/4DOeRQp09JZ70lTLRM9JjfqmHRDq8jNDU2cZTeIX v4vrKZk0uXqPc3pr+agu+EmsjawIGnsEqYdUeoeIJGA9ZDEkrA7jciBA23wTmAR/ l+sr6giEG4i15OCzhMyiLIp2pHTdl0txGZ/DWniv1ZQbvZnDO4VoCYVi1JWOD8CW AceAFFnypkXntnpmRA8no1FOJLVgInsZvIS709ASAcVEHwlfE89Jke/RRmO99G/b FqBD5gFpU6AF2YFI39igAK8kBNAuKUE9YRGcAkEC/EXKVmcLt+DFMftTtvXKEvcl XnhvzwRymKXIEUz/P3KITpO71kGjBV3zXg3vEKIP4+2Uzwwlevw= =C2+f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_meinfjell-3266338-1756137955-0001-2--