I don't like this here, but it sucks less than having it in any other
sections.
This text bears a *very* suspicious similarity to the binary format
questions in the FAQ.
- capitalize IP and FORTRAN,
- move entries in singular to the corresponding plural entries,
- fix AT&T index entry,
- move composite entries into the primary index entry and
add a secondary entry when necessary,
- move indexterm elements in the proper section.
make the difference between -STABLE and -CURRENT manual pages. We need
this for devfs, device.hints etc. manual pages in our Handbook.
Manual pages entities for -CURRENT should have the form &man.current.foo.1;
Note, this does not concern release notes but only docs.
An "old" man.devfs.5 entity is kept to allow the build of localized docs
till their upgrade.
- s/permissions/permission bits/
- s/globing/globbing/
- environment variables is not a "shell function" but a "feature"
- setenv & export are not used to "view" env vars in tcsh & bash,
but only to "set" them.
- remove punctuation from <title>
- wrap `man' in <command> tags
PR: docs/38975, docs/38976, docs/39024, docs/39064 and docs/39089
Submitted by: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org>
- Reword the part about editors of the base system and the ports.
PR: docs/38851
Submitted by: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org>
--- chapter.sgml.diff begins here ---
--- chapter.sgml.org Mon Jun 3 12:38:09 2002
+++ chapter.sgml Mon Jun 3 12:46:40 2002
@@ -1256,9 +1256,9 @@
<command>ee</command>, all of the
commands for manipulating the editor's functions are listed at the
top of the display. The caret <literal>^</literal> character means
- the control key on the keyboard, so ^e expands to pressing the
- control key plus the letter <literal>e</literal>. To leave
- <application>ee</application>, hit the escape key, then choose leave
+ the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key on the keyboard, so <literal>^e</literal> expands to the key combination
+ <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>e</keycap></keycombo>. To leave
+ <application>ee</application>, hit the <keycap>Esc</keycap> key, then choose leave
editor. The editor will prompt you to save any changes if the file
has been modified.</para>
@@ -1277,9 +1277,9 @@
<secondary><command>emacs</command></secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>FreeBSD also comes with more powerful text editors such as
- <command>vi</command> as part of the base system, and
- <command>emacs</command> and <command>vim</command>
- as part of the FreeBSD Ports Collection. These editors offer much
+ <command>vi</command> as part of the base system, while other editors, like
+ <command>emacs</command> and <command>vim</command>,
+ are part of the FreeBSD Ports Collection. These editors offer much
more functionality and power at the expense of being a little more
complicated to learn. However if you plan on doing a lot of text
editing, learning a more powerful editor such as
There is one remaining place in the fdp-primer, but that needs
a bit more work.
Inspired by: docs/36462 (Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net>)
Reviewed by: ceri, trhodes
