On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 11:21:24AM -0400, Rob Pierce wrote: > On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:18:06PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 10:56:45PM -0400, Rob Pierce wrote: > > > > > > Index: style.9 > > > =================================================================== > > > > there are many more places in this place you'd have to add colons if you > > wanted to do it consistently. generally i do use colons for stuff like > > this but that's really a matter of preference. this page has so many > > indented examples we'd be drowning if we added them everywhere. > > > > i don;t think this is worthwhile. > > > > jmc > > Hey Jason, > > If you mean colons versus periods and commas then I agree. However, these few > sentences are the only ones with no ending punctuation at all (I found one > more offender and included it below). > > They stuck out to me, and given that it is a "style" guide that will be read > by new folks I thought it worth mentioning. > > Regards, >
it's just treating the example as a continuation of the text, that's all. the notation is used all over the place. i honestly don;t think it's worth worrying about. jmc > Index: style.9 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man9/style.9,v > retrieving revision 1.62 > diff -u -p -r1.62 style.9 > --- style.9 5 Oct 2015 01:22:34 -0000 1.62 > +++ style.9 5 Oct 2015 15:15:53 -0000 > @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ in a program, the > or > .Fl Wall > flag should be used to verify that the compiler does not generate > -warnings such as > +warnings such as: > .Bd -literal -offset indent > warning: variable `foo' might be clobbered by `longjmp' or `vfork'. > .Ed > @@ -471,12 +471,12 @@ is volatile, but > is not. > To make > .Dq *foo > -volatile use the syntax > +volatile use the syntax: > .Bd -literal -offset indent > volatile char *foo; > .Ed > .Pp > -If both the pointer and the thing pointed to are volatile use > +If both the pointer and the thing pointed to are volatile use: > .Bd -literal -offset indent > volatile char *volatile foo; > .Ed > @@ -506,11 +506,11 @@ functions where the compiler does not kn > .Pp > Don't use > .Ql \&! > -for tests unless it's a boolean, i.e., use > +for tests unless it's a boolean, i.e., use: > .Bd -literal -offset indent > if (*p == '\e0') > .Ed > -not > +not: > .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact > if (!*p) > .Ed >
