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[Quilt-dev] [patch 10/26] Use "e.g." correctly.
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g . branden . robinson |
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[Quilt-dev] [patch 10/26] Use "e.g." correctly. |
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Sat, 16 Jun 2018 12:22:42 -0400 |
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The Latin "exempli gratia" is abbreviated "e.g.".
Also, use a zero-width-space escape to defeat roff's end-of-sentence
detection. See section 4.1 of CSTR #54, "Troff User's Manual", Ossanna
& Kernighan <https://www.troff.org/54.pdf>.
Index: quilt/doc/quilt.1.in
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--- quilt.orig/doc/quilt.1.in
+++ quilt/doc/quilt.1.in
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ If none of these variables is set, \\[lq
An empty value indicates that no pager should be used.
.IP QUILT_COLORS 4
By default, quilt uses its predefined color set in order to be more
-comprehensible when distiguishing various types of patches, eg.
+comprehensible when distiguishing various types of patches, e.g.\\&
applied/unapplied, failed, etc.
.IP
To override one or more color settings, set the QUILT_COLORS variable in
- Re: [Quilt-dev] [patch 02/26] Eliminate or replace blank lines., (continued)
[Quilt-dev] [patch 03/26] Break input lines at all sentence endings., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
[Quilt-dev] [patch 05/26] Use font macros instead of font escapes., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
[Quilt-dev] [patch 08/26] Make synopsis comprehensive., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
[Quilt-dev] [patch 10/26] Use "e.g." correctly.,
g . branden . robinson <=
[Quilt-dev] [patch 07/26] Escape ASCII hyphen-minus characters used as such., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
[Quilt-dev] [patch 12/26] Update internal and external cross-references., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
[Quilt-dev] [patch 14/26] Document -h flag in the Options section., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
[Quilt-dev] [patch 11/26] Italicize work titles., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16