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Re: Ping^1: Chapters of the manual (was: Bug#1018737: /usr/bin/rst2man:
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Alejandro Colomar |
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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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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:39:35 +0100 |
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Hi Doug,
On 12/12/22 01:34, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
A nice property of "section" is that it's recursive--applies to any
level of a hierarchy--so you don't have to struggle to keep
level-specific terminology straight.
Doug
Hmm, since the concerns expressed by Ralph seem to be at least as itchy as mine,
and the status quo today is that we have sections, it seems reasonable to keep
it like that. Fixing my itches would create itches with man(1)'s -s, and I
don't like that.
Assuming we'll have to live with that, maybe your explanation serves as a
consolation. :)
So, I dismiss my prompt to reform the old non-recursive terminology.
Cheers,
Alex
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