Re: groff Digest, Vol 216, Issue 8

On Wed, 12 Oct 2022, Douglas McIlroy wrote: I strongly second Steve Izma. "-based" is an ugly substitute for "based on", regardless of what other words are present. Ditto. Avoiding hyphenated names is always a good thing. - Damian Pacific Engineering Systems International, 277-279 Broadway,

Re: groff Digest, Vol 216, Issue 8

;: > > d) block device\[en]based filesystems > > Where the en dash is used to distinguish it from 'a block filesystem > based on a device'. > > Which form would you recommend me to use? > > > Cheers, > > Alex > > -- > <http://www.alejan

Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'

Hi Branden! On 10/12/22 17:52, G. Branden Robinson wrote: Hi Alex, At 2022-10-12T16:47:27+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: In a patch to linux-man@ there's a 3-word compound adjective. I don't know what are the rules for such a thing, and I'd like to have some consistency (and correctness) in t

Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'

Hi Steve! On 10/12/22 17:07, Steve Izma wrote: On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 04:47:27PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: Subject: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-' a) block device-based filesystems b) block-device-based filesystems c) block- device-based filesystems Surely "fi

Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'

On 10/12/22, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Similarly, we say "thirty year-old bug" The singular might be unambiguous that way, but the hyphen disambiguates the plural: "thirty year-old bugs" is 30 bugs that are a year old, whereas "thirty-year-old bugs" is an unspecified number of bugs that are 30

Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'

> a) block device-based filesystems > b) block-device-based filesystems > c) block- device-based filesystems > d) block device\[en]based filesystems > > Which form would you recommend me to use? I would go with "block-device\[en]based filesystems", with the reasoning that a dash binds strong

Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'

On Wed Oct 12, 2022 at 10:47 AM EDT, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > And now I found one more > : > > d) block device\[en]based filesystems > > Where the en dash is used to distinguish it from 'a block filesystem > based on a device

Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'

Hi Alex, At 2022-10-12T16:47:27+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > In a patch to linux-man@ there's a 3-word compound adjective. I don't > know what are the rules for such a thing, and I'd like to have some > consistency (and correctness) in the manual pages. Always laudable goals! :D > I've see

Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 04:47:27PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Subject: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-' > > a) block device-based filesystems > b) block-device-based filesystems > c) block- device-based filesystems Surely "filesystems based on block devices" is much les

3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'

Hi, In a patch to linux-man@ there's a 3-word compound adjective. I don't know what are the rules for such a thing, and I'd like to have some consistency (and correctness) in the manual pages. I've seen many different things in the past;: a) block device-based filesystems b) block-device-