On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 10:03:54PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 02:18:48PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> > Not to provoke a deep philosophical debate about the difference between
> > Ql, Cm, and Sy, but surely Em isn't the best choice here. A couple other
> > nits that bothered me in the same general region, I guess your taste
> > might vary.
> > 
> > Evan Silberman
> > 
> 
> hi
> 
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > commit 233b62ce4e6cd3388e68f407e50758111b3eeffc (ifconfig.8)
> > from: Evan Silberman <e...@jklol.net>
> > date: Sat Aug 22 21:14:25 2020 UTC
> >  
> >  Improve markup and punctuation concerning groups
> >  
> >  - They're groups, not scare-quotes-"groups"
> 
> oddly enough, this usage is probably close to what Em is meant for ;)
> quoting here is just another way to add that emphasis. but i agree it
> doesn;t make the text more readable.
> 
> >  - The markup for the default groups is debatable, but Cm seems closest.
> >    You might also like: Ql, Sy
> 
> i would prefer to use one macro rather than two. i agree Em is not
> great. i would just use Dq.
> 
> >  - Parenthesized plural(s) is (are) distracting
> >  
> 
> i heartily agree.
> 
> so, if no one chips in soon, i will commit your diff, but with a
> straight Em->Dq replacement.
> 
> jmc
> 

...which i have just done. thanks for the diff,
jmc

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