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[Quilt-dev] [patch v2 21/26] Man page: wordsmith Options section


From: Jean Delvare
Subject: [Quilt-dev] [patch v2 21/26] Man page: wordsmith Options section
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:43:29 +0200
User-agent: quilt/0.67

* Don't introduce a metavariable without explaining it or using it in
  context.
* Drop the reference to the PDF documentation which doesn't belong
  there.
* Clarify options --trace and --version.
---
 doc/quilt.1.in |   11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- quilt.orig/doc/quilt.1.in   2022-07-06 11:55:24.824685706 +0200
+++ quilt/doc/quilt.1.in        2022-07-06 16:57:30.220724561 +0200
@@ -194,24 +194,25 @@ if one is specified, otherwise for
 itself) and exit.
 .TP
 .BI "\\-\\-quiltrc " file
-Use the specified configuration file instead of
+Use
+.I file
+as the configuration file instead of
 .I \\[ti]/.quiltrc
 (or
 .I /etc/quilt.quiltrc
 if
 .I \\[ti]/.quiltrc
 does not exist).
-See the PDF documentation for details about its possible contents.
 The special value \\[lq]\\-\\[rq] causes
 .I quilt
 not to read any configuration file.
 .TP
 .B \\-\\-trace
-Runs the command in bash trace mode (\\-x).
-For internal debugging.
+Run the command in the shell's trace mode (\\-x) for debugging of
+internal operations.
 .TP
 .B \\-\\-version
-Print the version number and exit immediately.
+Print the version number and exit.
 .
 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 The exit status is 0 if the sub-command was successfully executed, and




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