* Set page topic in lowercase. * Use typographer's quotation marks instead of '"' for quotation. * Hyperlink the text "GNU C Library" to its website. Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@xxxxxxxxx> --- man7/libc.7 | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/libc.7 b/man7/libc.7 index bba49da42..43ec0269f 100644 --- a/man7/libc.7 +++ b/man7/libc.7 @@ -7,17 +7,18 @@ .SH NAME libc \- overview of standard C libraries on Linux .SH DESCRIPTION -The term "libc" is commonly used as a shorthand for -the "standard C library", +The term \(lqlibc\(rq is commonly used as a shorthand for +the \(lqstandard C library\(rq a library of standard functions that can be used by all C programs (and sometimes by programs in other languages). Because of some history (see below), -use of the term "libc" +use of the term \(lqlibc\(rq to refer to the standard C library is somewhat ambiguous on Linux. .SS glibc -By far the most widely used C library on Linux is the GNU C Library +By far the most widely used C library on Linux is the .UR http://www.gnu.org\:/software\:/libc/ +GNU C Library .UE , often referred to as .IR glibc . @@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ there was for a while a fork of glibc 1.x created by Linux developers who felt that glibc development at the time was not sufficing for the needs of Linux. Often, -this library was referred to (ambiguously) as just "libc". +this library was referred to (ambiguously) as just \(lqlibc\(rq. Linux libc released major versions 2, 3, 4, and 5, as well as many minor versions of those releases. Linux libc4 was the last version to use the a.out binary format, -- 2.30.2
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