From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 453872AE90 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2025 21:20:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1766697621; cv=none; b=ZrTeDzQKIcxupB3rPhHj6ZK+AJw5mVmb9GTtWbaMx5WniCNGCfvHTQrSvc3k1PDn/uVLeRHvI43b3JrmGOiD+EnRBIdFe+rieDWQ5gw7AqsZy2ovFjKTuvGjx5C/stKnyb/O99Ulek4TD6jXNNAYfDgqk/WP8yNiaG+uYsLrLhI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1766697621; c=relaxed/simple; bh=XjNHrs9EXxhRzFFJMsnlrMTFOdDa+D/dLqVSr8PTgYI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=QYDc2j9/wFNpDaN/6uspLbGNL/ZWJxxULbPZOHeMp55hYEQNUJ7wKBupQ4/cYtqV8H2E2Nsi28GXWda90xM76rW/3edTlUNW6AZk0jAIbHtIddYvmS9Q33XiQMHFIK1DOwpa0Yp1kAQ6NyYdw8HULohLD3grPq3POiaBxRo6FJ4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=pzTQOYiw; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="pzTQOYiw" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8311BC4CEF7; Thu, 25 Dec 2025 21:20:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1766697620; bh=XjNHrs9EXxhRzFFJMsnlrMTFOdDa+D/dLqVSr8PTgYI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=pzTQOYiw1CBOZyg1n/TJz5nJYbuNymEMSUnxffOd96nJVrl5peD72W65whej4oHHJ liEylJFX/wgi4HVVNTdVeb1NCo0kCs5MgBcXO9LR8EfSAD8e3vTFwFlrG6caHY3FoS reJkd+XZC885xzhkElVcWhRnXzbPdYW9fLZCdNKJA/UlyYVjufiHi41otWsMjcolNu Xg+OkOGvP4dKhQ0BfjdQRWJCxRDLaGPtz1yAQpjJCNScB2ufwD6PuZgld7366Ru5fY wCD8dRLD2dqEoHgfgsUkavjCrCN5OGkV4nmMRbkjQZfoZNdIB5+TDgAqWiDG5rHpkd bK7pULAXMIhZA== Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:20:17 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: "G. Branden Robinson" Cc: Helge Kreutzmann , mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, branden@debian.org Subject: Re: Issue in man page getpt.3 Message-ID: References: <20251225210533.3xqjtrwkwsl27zbg@illithid> 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-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="liex5k53yqgwr7fe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251225210533.3xqjtrwkwsl27zbg@illithid> --liex5k53yqgwr7fe Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: "G. Branden Robinson" Cc: Helge Kreutzmann , mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, branden@debian.org Subject: Re: Issue in man page getpt.3 Message-ID: References: <20251225210533.3xqjtrwkwsl27zbg@illithid> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20251225210533.3xqjtrwkwsl27zbg@illithid> Hi Branden, On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 03:05:33PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Alex, >=20 > At 2025-12-25T14:22:54+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 02:20:39PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 02:38:26PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > > Without further ado, the following was found: > > > >=20 > > > > Issue: multiplexor =E2=86=92 multiplexer > > >=20 > > > I see both used: > > >=20 > > > $ grep -rho multiplex.r man/ | sort| uniq -c > > > 4 multiplexer > > > 4 multiplexor > > >=20 > > > Which one should we prefer, and why? > >=20 > > A reason for 'e' is that __NR_multiplexer uses 'e'. >=20 > That's the best reason to choose 'e', and the one I'd select. Agree. Thanks! commit 011bcb9c453cbf6490f7678e8d2f880acf2026f7 (HEAD -> contrib) Author: Alejandro Colomar Date: Thu Dec 25 22:15:32 2025 +0100 man/: Unify spelling of 'multiplexer' =20 Both 'o' and 'e' are used in the manual pages: =20 $ grep -rho multiplex.r man/ | sort| uniq -c 4 multiplexer 4 multiplexor =20 Let's stick to 'e', for consistency with __NR_multiplexer. =20 Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann Acked-by: "G. Branden Robinson" Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar >=20 > The question of usage of -or or -er is a messy one in English, whether > in Commonwealth or Yankee forms.[1][2] >=20 > (If we're being even more picky, -trix further spices the mix.[3]) :-) >=20 > Regards, > Branden >=20 > [1] https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2007/10/agentive-suff= ixes-er-and-or-and-little.html > [2] https://ianjamesparsley.wordpress.com/2023/02/17/the-weirdness-of-age= nt-nouns/ > [3] https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/womens_suffixes.php Thanks! Have a lovely night! 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