Re: [Quilt-dev] [patch 10/26] Use "e.g." correctly.

[Jean Delvare]

On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 12:22:42 -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> 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
> ===================================================================
> --- 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

Good catch, thanks.

Out of curiosity, would moving the "e.g." at the beginning of the
following line be a suitable alternative to adding that
zero-width-space escape? If so, this may preferable, being more
readable.

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support