Hi Alex, On 1/24/21 5:06 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: > On 1/24/21 4:10 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: >> This fix places periods after the closing parenthesis. >> This is normative in various European languages, >> and avoids confusion. >> >> See "Hart's Rules", >> and the "Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors". >> See also the spanish "Diccionario Panhispanico de Dudas" >> entry about parentheses. >> >> >> Script: >> >> $ find man? -type f \ >> |xargs sed -iE '/(etc\.\)|\.\.\.|\.\)\.|\(\.\)| ack\.| ed\.| dec\.|Copyright)/!s/\.\)/)./'; >> >> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>> --- >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> I thoroughly reviewed this one, and didn't see any weird things. >> I don't have a copy of Hart's Rules, or the Oxford dict.; >> I followed the Spanish rules for parentheses, which I guess will be the same: >> <https://www.rae.es/dpd/par%C3%A9ntesis>. >> You can practice a bit of Spanish reading that ;). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alex > > Hi Michael, > > This patch is too large for vger (395 KiB); > what should I do? > > Split it into <100K chunks? (I think the limit for vger is 100 KiB). > Forward a sample of it to linux-man@? Nothing yet. The patch is wrong. In English, the Lofgical Style pertains only to quotes. In English, punctuation goes inside parentheses when a full sentence is involved. (Thus, this sentence is correctly punctuated.) It's news to me that Spanish is different! Thanks, Michael >> >> man1/getent.1 | 6 +- >> man1/intro.1 | 2 +- >> man1/ldd.1 | 6 +- >> man1/time.1 | 16 ++-- >> man2/_exit.2 | 2 +- >> man2/_syscall.2 | 2 +- >> man2/access.2 | 6 +- >> man2/adjtimex.2 | 2 +- >> man2/alloc_hugepages.2 | 2 +- >> man2/bind.2 | 2 +- >> man2/bpf.2 | 6 +- >> man2/brk.2 | 2 +- >> man2/capget.2 | 2 +- >> man2/chdir.2 | 2 +- >> man2/chmod.2 | 8 +- >> man2/chown.2 | 6 +- >> man2/chroot.2 | 2 +- >> man2/clock_getres.2 | 2 +- >> man2/clock_nanosleep.2 | 6 +- >> man2/clone.2 | 36 ++++----- >> man2/close.2 | 6 +- >> man2/connect.2 | 6 +- >> man2/delete_module.2 | 2 +- >> man2/epoll_create.2 | 2 +- >> man2/epoll_ctl.2 | 2 +- >> man2/eventfd.2 | 2 +- >> man2/execve.2 | 14 ++-- >> man2/execveat.2 | 2 +- >> man2/fallocate.2 | 4 +- >> man2/fanotify_mark.2 | 2 +- >> man2/fcntl.2 | 42 +++++------ >> man2/flock.2 | 4 +- >> man2/fork.2 | 8 +- >> man2/fsync.2 | 2 +- >> man2/futex.2 | 28 +++---- >> man2/get_mempolicy.2 | 2 +- >> man2/getcpu.2 | 6 +- >> man2/getdomainname.2 | 2 +- >> man2/getgroups.2 | 2 +- >> man2/gethostname.2 | 4 +- >> man2/getitimer.2 | 6 +- >> man2/getpagesize.2 | 2 +- >> man2/getpid.2 | 4 +- >> man2/getpriority.2 | 4 +- >> man2/getrlimit.2 | 4 +- >> man2/getrusage.2 | 6 +- >> man2/gettid.2 | 2 +- >> man2/gettimeofday.2 | 8 +- >> man2/getxattr.2 | 4 +- >> man2/init_module.2 | 2 +- >> man2/inotify_rm_watch.2 | 2 +- >> man2/intro.2 | 2 +- >> man2/ioctl_console.2 | 60 +++++++-------- >> man2/ioctl_iflags.2 | 4 +- >> man2/ioctl_tty.2 | 8 +- >> man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2 | 16 ++-- >> man2/keyctl.2 | 12 +-- >> man2/kill.2 | 2 +- >> man2/link.2 | 6 +- >> man2/listxattr.2 | 2 +- >> man2/lseek.2 | 4 +- >> man2/madvise.2 | 14 ++-- >> man2/mbind.2 | 2 +- >> man2/memfd_create.2 | 8 +- >> man2/mincore.2 | 4 +- >> man2/mkdir.2 | 2 +- >> man2/mknod.2 | 4 +- >> man2/mlock.2 | 6 +- >> man2/mmap.2 | 14 ++-- >> man2/mmap2.2 | 2 +- >> man2/mount.2 | 22 +++--- >> man2/mprotect.2 | 6 +- >> man2/msgctl.2 | 4 +- >> man2/msgget.2 | 4 +- >> man2/msgop.2 | 4 +- >> man2/msync.2 | 4 +- >> man2/nice.2 | 4 +- >> man2/open.2 | 16 ++-- >> man2/open_by_handle_at.2 | 10 +-- >> man2/openat2.2 | 10 +-- >> man2/perf_event_open.2 | 2 +- >> man2/personality.2 | 2 +- >> man2/pipe.2 | 4 +- >> man2/pivot_root.2 | 6 +- >> man2/poll.2 | 4 +- >> man2/posix_fadvise.2 | 4 +- >> man2/prctl.2 | 18 ++--- >> man2/process_vm_readv.2 | 4 +- >> man2/ptrace.2 | 74 +++++++++---------- >> man2/quotactl.2 | 2 +- >> man2/read.2 | 2 +- >> man2/readlink.2 | 4 +- >> man2/readv.2 | 6 +- >> man2/reboot.2 | 2 +- >> man2/recv.2 | 2 +- >> man2/recvmmsg.2 | 4 +- >> man2/removexattr.2 | 2 +- >> man2/rename.2 | 8 +- >> man2/request_key.2 | 2 +- >> man2/rt_sigqueueinfo.2 | 4 +- >> man2/sched_setaffinity.2 | 4 +- >> man2/sched_setscheduler.2 | 2 +- >> man2/seccomp.2 | 20 ++--- >> man2/select.2 | 12 +-- >> man2/select_tut.2 | 6 +- >> man2/semctl.2 | 8 +- >> man2/semget.2 | 4 +- >> man2/semop.2 | 2 +- >> man2/send.2 | 8 +- >> man2/sendfile.2 | 2 +- >> man2/sendmmsg.2 | 2 +- >> man2/seteuid.2 | 2 +- >> man2/setfsuid.2 | 2 +- >> man2/setns.2 | 4 +- >> man2/setpgid.2 | 8 +- >> man2/setxattr.2 | 4 +- >> man2/shmctl.2 | 8 +- >> man2/shmget.2 | 2 +- >> man2/shmop.2 | 4 +- >> man2/sigaction.2 | 10 +-- >> man2/sigaltstack.2 | 4 +- >> man2/signal.2 | 4 +- >> man2/signalfd.2 | 6 +- >> man2/sigreturn.2 | 4 +- >> man2/sigwaitinfo.2 | 6 +- >> man2/spu_create.2 | 2 +- >> man2/stat.2 | 14 ++-- >> man2/statfs.2 | 2 +- >> man2/statx.2 | 14 ++-- >> man2/subpage_prot.2 | 2 +- >> man2/swapon.2 | 2 +- >> man2/symlink.2 | 2 +- >> man2/sync_file_range.2 | 2 +- >> man2/syscalls.2 | 16 ++-- >> man2/syslog.2 | 2 +- >> man2/time.2 | 2 +- >> man2/timer_create.2 | 2 +- >> man2/timer_getoverrun.2 | 2 +- >> man2/timer_settime.2 | 2 +- >> man2/timerfd_create.2 | 10 +-- >> man2/tkill.2 | 4 +- >> man2/truncate.2 | 4 +- >> man2/umask.2 | 2 +- >> man2/unlink.2 | 8 +- >> man2/unshare.2 | 2 +- >> man2/uselib.2 | 2 +- >> man2/utimensat.2 | 4 +- >> man2/vfork.2 | 6 +- >> man2/vm86.2 | 2 +- >> man2/wait.2 | 12 +-- >> man2/wait4.2 | 2 +- >> man2/write.2 | 6 +- >> man3/CPU_SET.3 | 2 +- >> man3/adjtime.3 | 2 +- >> man3/aio_cancel.3 | 4 +- >> man3/aio_error.3 | 2 +- >> man3/aio_fsync.3 | 2 +- >> man3/aio_read.3 | 2 +- >> man3/aio_return.3 | 2 +- >> man3/aio_suspend.3 | 4 +- >> man3/aio_write.3 | 2 +- >> man3/alloca.3 | 2 +- >> man3/argz_add.3 | 2 +- >> man3/backtrace.3 | 2 +- >> man3/basename.3 | 2 +- >> man3/bindresvport.3 | 2 +- >> man3/bzero.3 | 2 +- >> man3/catopen.3 | 2 +- >> man3/ceil.3 | 2 +- >> man3/circleq.3 | 2 +- >> man3/clock_getcpuclockid.3 | 2 +- >> man3/cpow.3 | 2 +- >> man3/csqrt.3 | 2 +- >> man3/daemon.3 | 2 +- >> man3/dbopen.3 | 16 ++-- >> man3/dl_iterate_phdr.3 | 2 +- >> man3/dlopen.3 | 10 +-- >> man3/dlsym.3 | 2 +- >> man3/encrypt.3 | 2 +- >> man3/envz_add.3 | 4 +- >> man3/errno.3 | 4 +- >> man3/exec.3 | 4 +- >> man3/exit.3 | 2 +- >> man3/ferror.3 | 2 +- >> man3/fexecve.3 | 4 +- >> man3/flockfile.3 | 2 +- >> man3/floor.3 | 2 +- >> man3/fmtmsg.3 | 2 +- >> man3/fopen.3 | 4 +- >> man3/fopencookie.3 | 2 +- >> man3/fpathconf.3 | 2 +- >> man3/fpclassify.3 | 2 +- >> man3/ftime.3 | 2 +- >> man3/fts.3 | 4 +- >> man3/ftw.3 | 14 ++-- >> man3/getaddrinfo.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getauxval.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getcwd.3 | 4 +- >> man3/getentropy.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getfsent.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getgrent.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getgrnam.3 | 4 +- >> man3/gethostbyname.3 | 2 +- >> man3/gethostid.3 | 4 +- >> man3/getifaddrs.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getlogin.3 | 6 +- >> man3/getnameinfo.3 | 4 +- >> man3/getnetent_r.3 | 4 +- >> man3/getopt.3 | 12 +-- >> man3/getprotoent_r.3 | 4 +- >> man3/getpwent.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getpwnam.3 | 4 +- >> man3/getrpcent_r.3 | 4 +- >> man3/getservent_r.3 | 4 +- >> man3/getsubopt.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getumask.3 | 2 +- >> man3/getutent.3 | 2 +- >> man3/glob.3 | 2 +- >> man3/hsearch.3 | 6 +- >> man3/inet_net_pton.3 | 2 +- >> man3/intro.3 | 2 +- >> man3/killpg.3 | 2 +- >> man3/lio_listio.3 | 2 +- >> man3/list.3 | 2 +- >> man3/makecontext.3 | 2 +- >> man3/mallinfo.3 | 2 +- >> man3/malloc_get_state.3 | 2 +- >> man3/malloc_stats.3 | 2 +- >> man3/mallopt.3 | 16 ++-- >> man3/memcpy.3 | 2 +- >> man3/mq_notify.3 | 4 +- >> man3/mq_open.3 | 6 +- >> man3/nl_langinfo.3 | 12 +-- >> man3/perror.3 | 2 +- >> man3/posix_spawn.3 | 2 +- >> man3/printf.3 | 24 +++--- >> man3/pthread_attr_setaffinity_np.3 | 2 +- >> man3/pthread_attr_setguardsize.3 | 4 +- >> man3/pthread_attr_setstack.3 | 2 +- >> man3/pthread_cancel.3 | 8 +- >> man3/pthread_cleanup_push.3 | 4 +- >> man3/pthread_detach.3 | 2 +- >> man3/pthread_kill_other_threads_np.3 | 2 +- >> man3/pthread_setaffinity_np.3 | 4 +- >> man3/pthread_setcancelstate.3 | 2 +- >> man3/pthread_setschedprio.3 | 2 +- >> man3/pthread_sigqueue.3 | 2 +- >> man3/pthread_spin_init.3 | 2 +- >> man3/ptsname.3 | 2 +- >> man3/putenv.3 | 2 +- >> man3/rand.3 | 4 +- >> man3/random_r.3 | 2 +- >> man3/readdir.3 | 2 +- >> man3/realpath.3 | 6 +- >> man3/regex.3 | 2 +- >> man3/rint.3 | 2 +- >> man3/round.3 | 2 +- >> man3/scanf.3 | 6 +- >> man3/sem_getvalue.3 | 2 +- >> man3/sem_init.3 | 2 +- >> man3/sem_open.3 | 4 +- >> man3/setaliasent.3 | 2 +- >> man3/setbuf.3 | 2 +- >> man3/setjmp.3 | 2 +- >> man3/shm_open.3 | 2 +- >> man3/sigqueue.3 | 2 +- >> man3/sigset.3 | 2 +- >> man3/sigvec.3 | 2 +- >> man3/slist.3 | 2 +- >> man3/stailq.3 | 2 +- >> man3/statvfs.3 | 2 +- >> man3/stdin.3 | 8 +- >> man3/stdio_ext.3 | 4 +- >> man3/strcat.3 | 2 +- >> man3/strcmp.3 | 2 +- >> man3/strcoll.3 | 2 +- >> man3/strcpy.3 | 4 +- >> man3/strerror.3 | 2 +- >> man3/strfmon.3 | 4 +- >> man3/strftime.3 | 100 ++++++++++++------------- >> man3/strptime.3 | 8 +- >> man3/strtok.3 | 2 +- >> man3/strtol.3 | 4 +- >> man3/strtoul.3 | 4 +- >> man3/swab.3 | 2 +- >> man3/sysconf.3 | 6 +- >> man3/syslog.3 | 8 +- >> man3/system.3 | 8 +- >> man3/tailq.3 | 2 +- >> man3/termios.3 | 18 ++--- >> man3/tmpnam.3 | 2 +- >> man3/tsearch.3 | 8 +- >> man3/ualarm.3 | 2 +- >> man3/ulimit.3 | 4 +- >> man3/usleep.3 | 2 +- >> man3/wordexp.3 | 2 +- >> man3/wprintf.3 | 4 +- >> man3/y0.3 | 4 +- >> man4/cciss.4 | 4 +- >> man4/console_codes.4 | 10 +-- >> man4/fd.4 | 2 +- >> man4/initrd.4 | 10 +-- >> man4/mouse.4 | 2 +- >> man4/null.4 | 2 +- >> man4/random.4 | 2 +- >> man4/rtc.4 | 4 +- >> man4/smartpqi.4 | 2 +- >> man4/st.4 | 10 +-- >> man4/vcs.4 | 2 +- >> man5/core.5 | 12 +-- >> man5/dir_colors.5 | 8 +- >> man5/elf.5 | 2 +- >> man5/host.conf.5 | 2 +- >> man5/passwd.5 | 4 +- >> man5/proc.5 | 106 +++++++++++++-------------- >> man5/resolv.conf.5 | 2 +- >> man5/services.5 | 2 +- >> man5/slabinfo.5 | 2 +- >> man5/sysfs.5 | 4 +- >> man5/termcap.5 | 2 +- >> man5/tzfile.5 | 6 +- >> man7/bootparam.7 | 26 +++---- >> man7/capabilities.7 | 30 ++++---- >> man7/cgroup_namespaces.7 | 4 +- >> man7/cgroups.7 | 36 ++++----- >> man7/charsets.7 | 4 +- >> man7/cpuset.7 | 6 +- >> man7/credentials.7 | 2 +- >> man7/environ.7 | 2 +- >> man7/epoll.7 | 10 +-- >> man7/fanotify.7 | 2 +- >> man7/feature_test_macros.7 | 10 +-- >> man7/glob.7 | 14 ++-- >> man7/hier.7 | 4 +- >> man7/hostname.7 | 2 +- >> man7/inode.7 | 10 +-- >> man7/inotify.7 | 12 +-- >> man7/ip.7 | 4 +- >> man7/keyrings.7 | 10 +-- >> man7/libc.7 | 2 +- >> man7/locale.7 | 8 +- >> man7/mailaddr.7 | 4 +- >> man7/man-pages.7 | 12 +-- >> man7/man.7 | 4 +- >> man7/math_error.7 | 2 +- >> man7/mount_namespaces.7 | 16 ++-- >> man7/mq_overview.7 | 4 +- >> man7/namespaces.7 | 6 +- >> man7/numa.7 | 2 +- >> man7/path_resolution.7 | 8 +- >> man7/persistent-keyring.7 | 4 +- >> man7/pid_namespaces.7 | 4 +- >> man7/pipe.7 | 4 +- >> man7/pthreads.7 | 12 +-- >> man7/pty.7 | 6 +- >> man7/random.7 | 2 +- >> man7/regex.7 | 2 +- >> man7/rtld-audit.7 | 4 +- >> man7/sched.7 | 8 +- >> man7/sem_overview.7 | 2 +- >> man7/session-keyring.7 | 8 +- >> man7/shm_overview.7 | 2 +- >> man7/sigevent.7 | 2 +- >> man7/signal-safety.7 | 2 +- >> man7/signal.7 | 14 ++-- >> man7/sock_diag.7 | 2 +- >> man7/socket.7 | 4 +- >> man7/standards.7 | 2 +- >> man7/symlink.7 | 20 ++--- >> man7/tcp.7 | 10 +-- >> man7/termio.7 | 2 +- >> man7/time.7 | 2 +- >> man7/time_namespaces.7 | 2 +- >> man7/unix.7 | 10 +-- >> man7/user-keyring.7 | 2 +- >> man7/user-session-keyring.7 | 2 +- >> man7/user_namespaces.7 | 8 +- >> man8/ld.so.8 | 20 ++--- >> man8/ldconfig.8 | 2 +- >> man8/zdump.8 | 2 +- >> 380 files changed, 1113 insertions(+), 1113 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/man1/getent.1 b/man1/getent.1 > > [...] > > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/