Hi Jason,

That's what I wasn't sure about - haven't seen many "that" used in
that way ;^)

Thanks for the explanation.

Raf

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 09:35:25PM BST, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 09:22:30PM +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Not entirely sure what the author had in mind but the current
> > sentence, as it is, doesn't seem right somehow.
> > 
> > The below is my best guess.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Raf
> > 
> 
> hi.
> 
> what's there is fine. it is a common text blurb in many similar pages.
> i'm not sure how to explain it grammatically, but in this context "that"
> is just a way of pointing back to "macros".
> 
> so it would probably be nicer to say:
> 
>       Macros can be defined, which will later be expanded in context.
> 
> relative pronouns...? "that" is a sloppy catch all, but it is valid.
> 
> jmc
> 
> > Index: usr.sbin/ldapd/ldapd.conf.5
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/ldapd/ldapd.conf.5,v
> > retrieving revision 1.22
> > diff -u -p -r1.22 ldapd.conf.5
> > --- usr.sbin/ldapd/ldapd.conf.5     17 Oct 2016 14:03:17 -0000      1.22
> > +++ usr.sbin/ldapd/ldapd.conf.5     29 Aug 2017 20:18:33 -0000
> > @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ must be quoted.
> >  Arguments containing whitespace should be surrounded by double quotes
> >  .Pq \&" .
> >  .Pp
> > -Macros can be defined that will later be expanded in context.
> > +Macros can be defined and will later be expanded in context.
> >  Macro names must start with a letter, digit, or underscore,
> >  and may contain any of those characters.
> >  Macro names may not be reserved words (for example
> > 
> 

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