On 22.12.2013 10:18, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2013, at 5:55, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: >> Will below patch help? It also removes trailing dot on the first >> paragraph which was not present before. > > Thanks, the patch looks good. Except that the trailing dot needs > to be there: it is a doc string and should end in a period. The > addition of the dot was an improvement. :) > @Andrey. Could you commit your patch with this suggestion? Thanks > The general rule is: when the string starts with a capitalized word, > it wants to be a full sentence and should end in a period. When the > message starts with a lowercase letter, don't use a period anywhere > in the message; when you need a second sentence, use a semicolon. > >> I usually use [TERMINAL ...] (with extra spaces). I find it established >> enough practice at least in UNIX manuals. > > Indeed. Although in most of the man pages I've looked at just now > (df, ls, grep, sed, swapon, gawk), only gawk uses a space before the > dots. But whatever you choose, please make it consistent across > grub -- I've seen at least one instance without a space before the > dots in grub's messages. > > Regards, > > Benno >
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