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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2007-10-30 17:42:24 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2007-10-30 17:42:24 +0000
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Explain the difference between '-' and '\-', correctly now.
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.nh, .ad, .hy, macro definitions, comments and some more
- Don't forget the quotation marks around expressions, etc...
- Each new sentence should start on a line of its own.
- - Put a backslash before a '-' if it denotes a range (1\-10), an option
- (\-fs), stdin (\-) or a dash (mplayer \- movie player).
- Use just '-' if it is a hyphen (A-V) or a minus (-1). Please note that
- it should be \-dvd-device and not \-dvd\-device.
+ - There is a typographical difference between a hyphen, a minus and an
+ en-dash or em-dash. For the man page this means that you should put a
+ backslash before a '-' if it denotes a range (1\-10), an option (\-fs),
+ stdin (\-), a dash (mplayer \- movie player) or a minus (-1). Use just
+ '-' if it is a hyphen (A-V).
- Don't start a line with "'" or ".", nroff treats them specially.
- To quickly check a manual page for markup errors, just run
man DOCS/man/XX/mplayer.1 > /dev/null