The title/summary of this commit is incorrect. s/bold/italic/ The rest of the commit is as I intended.
Sorry about the goof. Regards, Branden At 2025-11-13T10:50:24-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > groff_man_style(7): > Font style macros > ... > .I [text] > Set text in an italic or oblique face. Given no argument, I > plants a one‐line input trap; text on the next line, which > can be further formatted with a macro, is set in an italic > or oblique face. > > Use italics for file and path names, for environment > variables, for C data types, for enumeration or preprocessor > constants in C, for variant (user‐replaceable) portions of > syntax synopses, for the first occurrence (only) of a > technical concept being introduced, for names of journals > and of literary works longer than an article, and anywhere a > parameter requiring replacement by the user is encountered. > An exception involves variant text in a context already > typeset in italics, such as file or path names with > replaceable components; in such cases, follow the convention > of mathematical typography: set the file or path name in > italics as usual but use roman for the variant part (see IR > and RI below), and italics again in running roman text when > referring to the variant material. > --- > xargs/xargs.1 | 12 ++++++------ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/xargs/xargs.1 b/xargs/xargs.1 > index 3b7f5f86..958159e6 100644 > --- a/xargs/xargs.1 > +++ b/xargs/xargs.1 > @@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ .SH "EXAMPLES" > .fi > .P > Find files named > -.B core > +.I core > in or below the directory > -.B /tmp > +.I /tmp > and delete them. > Note that this will work incorrectly if there are > any filenames containing newlines or spaces. > @@ -413,9 +413,9 @@ .SH "EXAMPLES" > .B "find /tmp \-name core \-type f \-print0 | xargs \-0 /bin/rm \-f" > .P > Find files named > -.B core > +.I core > in or below the directory > -.B /tmp > +.I /tmp > and delete them, processing filenames in such a way that file or > directory names containing spaces or newlines are correctly handled. > . > @@ -423,9 +423,9 @@ .SH "EXAMPLES" > .B "find /tmp \-depth \-name core \-type f \-delete" > .P > Find files named > -.B core > +.I core > in or below the directory > -.B /tmp > +.I /tmp > and delete them, but more efficiently than in the previous example > (because we avoid the need to use > .BR fork (2) > -- > 2.30.2 >
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