Re: Errors in man pages, here: gethostbyname(3): Space/Formatting

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On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 at 21:48, Helge Kreutzmann <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Michael,
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 10:09:16PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> > On 4/19/20 8:48 AM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > > **
> > >
> > > Space between true and (1) and mark up
> > >
> > > "The B<sethostent>()  function specifies, if I<stayopen> is true (1), that a "
> > > "connected TCP socket should be used for the name server queries and that the "
> > > "connection should remain open during successive queries.  Otherwise, name "
> > > "server queries will use UDP datagrams."
> >
> > I don't understand this report. Can you elaborate please.
>
> We translator understood the "(1)" as the section number for the man
> page of true. So actually it should also contain markup, i.e.
>
> true (1) → B<true>(1)
>
> And there is no space between the man page name and the section. If
> another meaning was intended, then we translators misunderstood this
> sentence completly.

Another meaning was intended.

The B<sethostent>()  function specifies, if I<stayopen> is true (i.e., 1)

Oder: "wenn I<stayopen> wahr (d.h., 1) ist"

Thanks,

Michael

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