On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Jan Stary wrote:
> On Jul 16 07:52:50, j...@kerhand.co.uk wrote:
> > for oldrdist, i also
> > used Sq instead of Dq for "-".
> 
> It uses .Dq everywhere else.
> For consistency, should we replace them all with .Sq?
> 

no. what we tend to do is use Sq for single letters, and Dq for two or
more. the reason is that ``'' tends to swamp single lettters, and `' is
harder to notice for words. if you look at other pages, you should see
that being done fairly consistently.

jmc

> Index: oldrdist.1
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/oldrdist/oldrdist.1,v
> retrieving revision 1.20
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.20 oldrdist.1
> --- oldrdist.1        3 Sep 2011 22:59:07 -0000       1.20
> +++ oldrdist.1        16 Jul 2013 07:42:13 -0000
> @@ -65,18 +65,16 @@ Use the specified
>  If
>  .Ar distfile
>  is
> -.Dq - ,
> +.Sq - ,
>  the standard input is used.
>  .El
>  .Pp
> -If either the
> +If the
>  .Fl f
> -or
> -.Sq Fl
>  option is not specified, the program looks first for
> -.Dq Pa distfile ,
> +.Sq Pa distfile ,
>  then
> -.Dq Pa Distfile
> +.Sq Pa Distfile
>  to use as the input.
>  If no names are specified on the command line,
>  .Nm
> @@ -317,7 +315,7 @@ options on the command line except they 
>  in the source list.
>  The login name used on the destination host is the same as the local host
>  unless the destination name is of the format
> -.Dq login@host .
> +.Sq login@host .
>  .Pp
>  The
>  .Ic notify
> @@ -455,7 +453,7 @@ facility.
>  aborts on files which have a negative mtime (before Jan 1, 1970).
>  .Pp
>  There should be a
> -.Dq force
> +.Sq force
>  option to allow replacement of non-empty directories
>  by regular files or symlinks.
>  A means of updating file modes and owners

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