Conrad Meyer <c...@freebsd.org> writes: > Yep. In this context an 'em' dash should be used instead of an 'en' > dash. Theoretically, there also should not be spaces around the > dashes. I'm not sure that's easy to do in manual pages, though.
The Chicago Manual of Style agrees with you. The Oxford Style Manual agrees with me. I actually prefer the former style, but don't trust software to break lines correctly. It's easy enough to do, though: Index: sys/boot/forth/beastie.4th.8 =================================================================== --- sys/boot/forth/beastie.4th.8 (revision 315894) +++ sys/boot/forth/beastie.4th.8 (working copy) @@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The file that goes by the name of .Nm -is a set of commands designed to draw the ASCII art FreeBSD mascot -\(en known simply as -.Em beastie -\(en to the right of the boot loader menu. +is a set of commands designed to draw the ASCII art FreeBSD +mascot\(emknown simply as +.Em beastie Ns +\(emto the right of the boot loader menu. The commands of .Nm by themselves are not enough for most uses. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
