Package: python2.5-minimal Version: 2.5.2-15+lenny1 Severity: minor Tags: patch
Hi, In the python(1) manual page, some punctuation that shouldn't be italicized (e.g., the comma or period after a variable name) is. The attached patch fixes the cases that I found. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-xen-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages python2.5-minimal depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime Versions of packages python2.5-minimal recommends: ii python2.5 2.5.2-15+lenny1 An interactive high-level object-o Versions of packages python2.5-minimal suggests: pn binfmt-support <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information
diff -ru python2.5-2.5.2/Misc/python.man python2.5/Misc/python.man --- python2.5-2.5.2/Misc/python.man 2010-04-26 09:17:43.000000000 -0700 +++ python2.5/Misc/python.man 2010-04-26 09:16:39.000000000 -0700 @@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ from that file; when called with .B \-c -.I command, +.IR command , it executes the Python statement(s) given as -.I command. +.IR command . Here .I command may contain multiple statements separated by newlines. @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ .PP If available, the script name and additional arguments thereafter are passed to the script in the Python variable -.I sys.argv , +.IR sys.argv , which is a list of strings (you must first .I import sys to be able to access it). @@ -269,14 +269,14 @@ .I '-c'. Note that options interpreted by the Python interpreter itself are not placed in -.I sys.argv. +.IR sys.argv . .PP In interactive mode, the primary prompt is `>>>'; the second prompt (which appears when a command is not complete) is `...'. The prompts can be changed by assignment to .I sys.ps1 or -.I sys.ps2. +.IR sys.ps2 . The interpreter quits when it reads an EOF at a prompt. When an unhandled exception occurs, a stack trace is printed and control returns to the primary prompt; in non-interactive mode, the @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ inserted in the path in front of $PYTHONPATH. The search path can be manipulated from within a Python program as the variable -.I sys.path . +.IR sys.path . .IP PYTHONSTARTUP If this is the name of a readable file, the Python commands in that file are executed before the first prompt is displayed in interactive
