There are two defensible ways to spell out RIPE. This...
-r Use the R´eseaux IP Europ´eens (RIPE) database.
... is not one of them. I'd prefer to use the proper diacritics,
but since mandoc_char(7) admonishes me not to, here's the plain
ASCII variant:
Index: whois.1
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/whois/whois.1,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -p -r1.35 whois.1
--- whois.1 2 Nov 2015 22:37:03 -0000 1.35
+++ whois.1 20 Feb 2016 12:28:23 -0000
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ option with an argument of
.Qq Li RU
instead.
.It Fl r
-Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens
+Use the Reseaux IP Europeens
.Pq Tn RIPE
database.
It contains network numbers and domain contact information for Europe.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [email protected]
