Re: pedantry: is there a standard for what should be in the SYNOPSIS?

2017-11-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > following up on an earlier question of mine, is there a standard > > for what options should be listed in either the SYNOPSIS or the > > DESCRIPTION sections of a man page? i ask since i'm seeing some > > definite

Re: pedantry: is there a standard for what should be in the SYNOPSIS?

2017-11-21 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > following up on an earlier question of mine, is there a standard for > what options should be listed in either the SYNOPSIS or the > DESCRIPTION sections of a man page? i ask since i'm seeing some > definite inconsistency. No standard. Seems worth starting a

pedantry: is there a standard for what should be in the SYNOPSIS?

2017-11-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
following up on an earlier question of mine, is there a standard for what options should be listed in either the SYNOPSIS or the DESCRIPTION sections of a man page? i ask since i'm seeing some definite inconsistency. in addition to the patch i submitted earlier, here are some other examples.