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[Quilt-dev] [patch v2 10/26] Man page: use "e.g." correctly


From: Jean Delvare
Subject: [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 10/26] Man page: use "e.g." correctly
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:43:18 +0200
User-agent: quilt/0.67

The Latin "exempli gratia" is abbreviated "e.g.".

Also, use a zero-width-space escape to defeat roff's end-of-sentence
detection.  See section 4.1 of CSTR #54, "Troff User's Manual", Ossanna
& Kernighan <https://www.troff.org/54.pdf>.
---
 doc/quilt.1.in |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- quilt.orig/doc/quilt.1.in   2022-07-20 13:34:47.122891543 +0200
+++ quilt/doc/quilt.1.in        2022-07-20 18:28:37.685291891 +0200
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ ignored.
 Patch options, such as the strip level or whether the patch is
 reversed, can be added after each patch file name.
 Options are introduced by a space, separated by spaces, and follow the
-syntax of the patch(1) options (e.g. \\[lq]\\-p2\\[rq]).
+syntax of the patch(1) options (e.g., \\[lq]\\-p2\\[rq]).
 Quilt records patch options automatically when a command supporting
 them is used.
 Without options, strip level 1 is assumed.
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ If none of these variables is set, \\[lq
 An empty value indicates that no pager should be used.
 .IP QUILT_COLORS 4
 By default, quilt uses its predefined color set in order to be more
-comprehensible when distiguishing various types of patches, eg.
+comprehensible when distiguishing various types of patches, e.g.,
 applied/unapplied, failed, etc.
 .IP
 To override one or more color settings, set the QUILT_COLORS variable in




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