On Wednesday 2023-08-02 12:22, Phil Sutter wrote: > >> (Also note that ifff you did \fBiptables-save\fP, it would have need to be >> \fBiptables\-save\fP, because that is required for verbatim forms.) > >Ah, thanks! It's misleading if output looks fine anyway. You just need a better font! '-' U+002D in troff source becomes U+2010 in rendering. (At least on some systems. Mine is currently suffering from demo effect. ;-) That's why \- is used. >> > .TP >> > \fB\-4\fP, \fB\-\-ipv4\fP >> >-This option has no effect in iptables and iptables-restore. >> >+This option has no effect in \fBiptables\fP and \fBiptables-restore\fP. >> > If a rule using the \fB\-4\fP option is inserted with (and only with) >> >-ip6tables-restore, it will be silently ignored. Any other uses will throw an >> >+\fBip6tables-restore\fP, it will be silently ignored. Any other uses will throw an > >Can you maybe clarify how to distinct between "command" and "name"? I'm >tempted to just leave things as they are instead of doing changes >randomly. Tough question, I like it. 1. For example, the command is `fontforge`, but the program's name is FontForge. When a name is the same as a command, it gets trickier. 2. A name can be substituted by "the program"/"program X", without a sentence losing its meaning; a command can be prefixed by "the command" without breaking the sentence. < ls consists of 6000 LOC > O The program consists of 6000 LOC X The command `ls` consists of 6000 LOC [nope - it's usually 1!] Arguably, one can create sentences where both become valid, and the -4 option thing quoted above seems to be one such thing. Oh well.
