I. Not to engage in pointless bikeshedding, but I find this clearer and --if I understand things correctly-- also more technically accurate:
Index: sed.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/sed/sed.1,v retrieving revision 1.60 diff -C8 -u -r1.60 sed.1 cvs server: conflicting specifications of output style --- sed.1 8 Mar 2021 02:47:28 -0000 1.60 +++ sed.1 5 Sep 2021 08:23:25 -0000 @@ -141,19 +141,19 @@ Normally, .Nm cyclically copies a line of input, not including its terminating newline character, into a .Em pattern space , (unless there is something left after a .Ic D function), -applies all of the commands with addresses that select that pattern space, -copies the pattern space to the standard output, appending a newline, and -deletes the pattern space. +applies all of the commands with addresses that select that pattern, +copies the pattern space contents to the standard output, appending a +newline, and deletes them from the pattern space. .Pp Some of the functions use a .Em hold space to save all or part of the pattern space for subsequent retrieval. .Sh SED ADDRESSES An address is not required, but if specified must be a number (that counts input lines cumulatively across input files), a dollar character (I used the diff -C 8 option to show a little more context.) II. [Link for easier reading: <https://man.openbsd.org/sed#pattern>] Also, does the "(unless there is something left after a D function)" part really relate to the preceding parenthetical clause of "not including its terminating newline character"? Should it be moved to directly follow that instead of following the "into a pattern space" part? Alternatively, would it be better to move the "(...)" part to a separate subsequent sentence like this: > (A newline character may be present in the pattern space > if left behind after a > .Ic D > function.) Is it even important to include that information in the man page? Is it ever relevant that there may technically be some string and a newline left in the pattern space? Thank you, Ian
