Bug#323538: 'man pwgen' typos: overriden, screenful x 2 and signficantly
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:59:28 -0500 Theodore Ts'o [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a _noun_??? (Ugh.) Anything online to link to? Well, if you want to go on a grammar/spelling jihad, there's also the more(1) man page... Sure... but no link! Now I'm reconciled to this neologism, I checked a paper edition of MWC 11th today, it's a noun, 1966 they say, though no usage. What sold me was the entry on -ful in the new Fowler's which also lists nouns 'spoonful', 'teaspoonful', 'handful', etc. So I was stupid, and you are correct Sir! BTW, calling English a living language (very true) doesn't mean anything goes, or why spellcheck? (And isn't French a living language too?) But messages like mine, wrong or right, are among a language's vital signs; that its speakers are involved enough to attempt maintaining or improving it. Here's a 'screenful' wishlist bug: Bug#348825: iamerican: screenful http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=348825 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#323538: 'man pwgen' typos: overriden, screenful x 2 and signficantly
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 04:18:21AM -0500, A. Costa wrote: BTW, calling English a living language (very true) doesn't mean anything goes, or why spellcheck? (And isn't French a living language too?) But messages like mine, wrong or right, are among a language's vital signs; that its speakers are involved enough to attempt maintaining or improving it. Agreed; and I did accept your other spelling corrections. However, it was pretty clear to me that screenful had since escaped into wide usage, even if traditionalists might have been disappointed at MW recognizing this fact. :-) - Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#323538: 'man pwgen' typos: overriden, screenful x 2 and signficantly
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 02:11:06AM -0500, A. Costa wrote: On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:00:40 -0500 Theodore Ts'o [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...screenful is correct. Reference: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition As a _noun_??? (Ugh.) Anything online to link to? Well, if you want to go on a grammar/spelling jihad, there's also the more(1) man page: More is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time. This version is especially primitve. Users should realize that less(1) pro- vides more(1) emulation and extensive enhancements. And you can also complain at the maintainers of the less(1) man page as well. Or Google on screenful (ooh! Google used as a verb!!!), and realize that English is a living language, and attempts to try to channel the some English/American version of the Academie Francaise are ultimately going to be pointless. :-) - Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#323538: 'man pwgen' typos: overriden, screenful x 2 and signficantly
tags 323538 +pending thanks Fixed in pending upload, except that screenful is correct. Reference: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition - Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#323538: 'man pwgen' typos: overriden, screenful x 2 and signficantly
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:00:40 -0500 Theodore Ts'o [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...screenful is correct. Reference: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition As a _noun_??? (Ugh.) Anything online to link to? All I found is som MW site that asks for a registration subscription. If not I'll be at a library soon. OTOH, every now and then I get one of these lil' surprises. It's so regular that automating a 'wishlist' bug to add the new word to the Debian dictionary I'm using seems worthwhile. Hmm. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#323538: 'man pwgen' typos: overriden, screenful x 2 and signficantly
Package: pwgen Version: 2.04-1 Severity: minor Tags: patch Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/pwgen.1.gz', see attached '.diff'. Hope this helps... -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages pwgen depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-3GNU C Library: Shared libraries an pwgen recommends no packages. -- no debconf information --- - 2005-08-17 01:49:57.310175000 -0400 +++ /tmp/pwgen1.gz.217272005-08-17 01:49:57.0 -0400 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ its default behaviour is differs depending on whether the standard output is a tty device or a pipe to another program. Used interactively, .B pwgen -will display a screenful of passwords, allowing the user to pick a single +will display a screenfull of passwords, allowing the user to pick a single password, and then quickly erase the screen. This prevents someone from being able to shoulder-surf the user's chosen password. .PP @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ backwards compatibility reasons, .B pwgen will not use upper case letters or numbers by default in this mode, -although this can be overriden using the +although this can be overridden using the .B \-n and .B \-c @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ .B \-B, --ambiguous Don't use characters that could be confused by the user when printed, such as 'l' and '1', or '0' or 'O'. This reduces the number of possible -passwords signficantly, and as such reduces the quality of the +passwords significantly, and as such reduces the quality of the passwords. It may be useful for users who have bad vision, but in general use of this option is not recommended. .TP @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ .B \-N, --num-passwords=\fInum Generate .I num -passwords. This defaults to a screenful if passwords are +passwords. This defaults to a screenfull if passwords are printed by columns, and one password. .TP .B \-n, --numerals
