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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
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 01/26] Man page: the man macro RE is given an argument when it does not need one, (continued)
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 01/26] Man page: the man macro RE is given an argument when it does not need one, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 02/26] Man page: eliminate or replace blank lines, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 03/26] Man page: break input lines at all sentence endings, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 04/26] Man page: reorganize sections, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 05/26] Man page: use font macros instead of font escapes, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 06/26] Man page: use groff_man(7)s EX and EE macros for examples, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 07/26] Man page: escape ASCII hyphen-minus characters used as such, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 08/26] Man page: make synopsis comprehensive, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 09/26] Man page: use character escapes for directional quotes and spacing tilde, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 10/26] Man page: use "e.g." correctly,
Jean Delvare <=
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 11/26] Man page: italicize work titles, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 12/26] Man page: update internal and external cross-references, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 13/26] Man page: set filespecs and environment variable names in italics, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 14/26] Man page: document -h flag in the Options section, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 15/26] Man page: capitalize "PDF" when not part of a filename, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 16/26] Man page: render Andreas Gruenbachers name with a u-umlaut, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26
- [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 17/26] Man page: tighten summary, Jean Delvare, 2022/07/26