gnustandards ChangeLog maintain.texi standards....

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /sources/gnustandards
Module name:    gnustandards
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       11/09/25 23:38:07

Modified files:
        .              : ChangeLog maintain.texi standards.texi 

Log message:
        per rms, consistently use punctuation outside quotes, except when a 
whole sentence is being quoted

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/ChangeLog?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.140&r2=1.141
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/maintain.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.204&r2=1.205
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/standards.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.206&r2=1.207

Patches:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.140
retrieving revision 1.141
diff -u -b -r1.140 -r1.141
--- ChangeLog   14 Aug 2011 17:00:22 -0000      1.140
+++ ChangeLog   25 Sep 2011 23:38:06 -0000      1.141
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-09-25  Karl Berry  <address@hidden>
+
+       * maintain.texi,
+       * standards.texi: per rms, consistently use punctuation outside
+       quotes, except when a whole sentence is being quoted.
+
 2011-08-14  Karl Berry  <address@hidden>
 
        * maintain.texi (Old Versions): Discourage private GNU packages on

Index: maintain.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/maintain.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.204
retrieving revision 1.205
diff -u -b -r1.204 -r1.205
--- maintain.texi       5 Sep 2011 17:11:41 -0000       1.204
+++ maintain.texi       25 Sep 2011 23:38:06 -0000      1.205
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @c For double-sided printing, uncomment:
 @c @setchapternewpage odd
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
address@hidden lastupdate September 5, 2011
address@hidden lastupdate September 25, 2011
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@
 @cindex time stamp in diffs
 If you use GNU @code{diff} to make the patch, use the options
 @samp{-rc2P}.  That will put any new files into the output as ``entirely
-different.''  Also, the patch's context diff headers should have dates
+different''.  Also, the patch's context diff headers should have dates
 and times in Universal Time using traditional Unix format, so that patch
 recipients can use GNU @code{patch}'s @samp{-Z} option.  For example,
 you could use the following Bourne shell command to create the patch:
@@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@
 precisely, they know about it, but don't realize it is the GNU Project's
 accomplishment and reason for existence.  Even people who believe they
 know the real history often believe that the goal of GNU was to develop
-``tools'' or ``utilities.''
+``tools'' or ``utilities''.
 
 To correct this confusion, we have made a years-long effort to
 distinguish between Linux, the kernel that Linus Torvalds wrote, and
@@ -2101,12 +2101,12 @@
 @url{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html}.
 
 To contrast the GNU system properly with respect to GNU/Linux, you can
-call it ``GNU/Hurd'' or ``the GNU/Hurd system.''  However, when that
+call it ``GNU/Hurd'' or ``the GNU/Hurd system''.  However, when that
 contrast is not specifically the focus, please call it just ``GNU'' or
-``the GNU system.''
+``the GNU system''.
 
 When referring to the collection of servers that is the higher level
-of the GNU kernel, please call it ``the Hurd'' or ``the GNU Hurd.''
+of the GNU kernel, please call it ``the Hurd'' or ``the GNU Hurd''.
 Note that this uses a space, not a slash.
 
 

Index: standards.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/standards.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.206
retrieving revision 1.207
diff -u -b -r1.206 -r1.207
--- standards.texi      1 Aug 2011 15:22:32 -0000       1.206
+++ standards.texi      25 Sep 2011 23:38:06 -0000      1.207
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename standards.info
 @settitle GNU Coding Standards
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
address@hidden lastupdate August 1, 2011
address@hidden lastupdate September 25, 2011
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
 were later adopted as part of the standard.  If you want these
 constructs to give an error message as ``required'' by the standard,
 you must specify @samp{--pedantic}, which was implemented only so that
-we can say ``GCC is a 100% implementation of the standard,'' not
+we can say ``GCC is a 100% implementation of the standard'', not
 because there is any reason to actually use it.
 
 POSIX.2 specifies that @samp{df} and @samp{du} must output sizes by
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
 POSIX is never a problem in practice, and it is very useful.
 
 In particular, don't reject a new feature, or remove an old one,
-merely because a standard says it is ``forbidden'' or ``deprecated.''
+merely because a standard says it is ``forbidden'' or ``deprecated''.
 
 
 @node Semantics
@@ -3226,10 +3226,11 @@
 
 The reason this precaution is needed is that the GNU kernel (the HURD)
 provides a user-extensible file system, in which there can be many
-different kinds of ``ordinary files.''  Many of them support
+different kinds of ``ordinary files''.  Many of them support
 @code{mmap}, but some do not.  It is important to make programs handle
 all these kinds of files.
 
+
 @node Documentation
 @chapter Documenting Programs
 @cindex documentation