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Re: Ping^1: Chapters of the manual (was: Bug#1018737: /usr/bin/rst2man:
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Michael Haardt |
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Re: Ping^1: Chapters of the manual (was: Bug#1018737: /usr/bin/rst2man: rst2man: .TH 5th field shouldn't be empty) |
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Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:05:45 +0100 |
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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