Ken Hornstein <[email protected]> writes: >>s/conjuction/conjunction/. I'm more used to the convention where the >>first time a command is mentioned it is by man page, e.g. "mhlist(1) >>will display...". Afterwards, it's just "mhlist". Then there is no >>need to say "See the... man page" as the reference, including section, >>has already been given. >> >> See the send(1) man page for details... >> >>Likewise, it's "See send(1) for details". The (1) convention means the >>reader knows it's a man page. > > Fair enough, I went back and forth on that. There is not a lot of > consistency I had to go on, but I think you're right and I'll change that. > However, what do people think about the first time a command is mentioned > to give a man page reference?
I think I'd agree with Ralph. It is done that way in the bash man page. >> SEE ALSO >> nmh(7), mhbuild(1), comp(1), repl(1), whatnow(1), mh-format(5) >> >>Missing full stop. No, that list is not a sentence nor other form that requires a period. If you are citing a book or article, then you would use a full stop per the Chicago Manual of Style, for example. See the ssh man page that shows both forms in a single SEE ALSO section. -- Bill Wohler <[email protected]> aka <[email protected]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
