docs/124137: [patch] Fix Dashes in FAQ

Murray Stokely murray at stokely.org
Fri May 30 17:30:05 UTC 2008


The following reply was made to PR docs/124137; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Murray Stokely" <murray at stokely.org>
To: "Gabor PALI" <pgj at freebsd.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/124137: [patch] Fix Dashes in FAQ
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:02:15 -0700

 Hi Gabor, can you just commit these fixes yourself?  Thanks,
 
 Murray
 
 On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Gabor PALI <pgj at freebsd.org> wrote:
 >
 >>Number:         124137
 >>Category:       docs
 >>Synopsis:       [patch] Fix Dashes in FAQ
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       non-critical
 >>Priority:       low
 >>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
 >>State:          open
 >>Quarter:
 >>Keywords:
 >>Date-Required:
 >>Class:          doc-bug
 >>Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 30 16:20:04 UTC 2008
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator:     Gabor PALI
 >>Release:        FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
 >>Organization:
 >>Environment:
 > System: FreeBSD disznohal 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #4: Fri Apr 4 23:29:43 CEST 2008 dezzy at disznohal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_ i386
 >
 >>Description:
 >        I found a lot of dashes without a correct markup in the FreeBSD FAQ.
 >        It would be the best to use the — entity for rendering dashes.
 >        I created a patch to correct this.
 >
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 >
 >>Fix:
 >
 > --- books.faq.patch.20.diff begins here ---
 > Index: book.sgml
 > ===================================================================
 > RCS file: /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
 > retrieving revision 1.827
 > diff -u -r1.827 book.sgml
 > --- book.sgml   27 May 2008 23:51:07 -0000      1.827
 > +++ book.sgml   29 May 2008 03:17:09 -0000
 > @@ -3034,7 +3034,7 @@
 >             compile <filename>ls.c</filename> into
 >             <filename>ls.o</filename>. If you then run <quote>make
 >             buildworld</quote> again, and the compile fails in the same
 > -            place then this is a broken build -- try updating your sources
 > +            place then this is a broken build — try updating your sources
 >             and try again. If the compile fails elsewhere then this is
 >             almost certainly hardware.</para>
 >
 > @@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@
 >             the &man.hosts.5; and &man.named.8; manual pages for more
 >             information.  If this is on the global Internet, the problem
 >             may be that your server's resolver is not functioning
 > -            correctly.  To check, try to look up another host--say,
 > +            correctly.  To check, try to look up another host — say,
 >             <hostid>www.yahoo.com</hostid>.  If it does not work, that is
 >             your problem.</para>
 >
 > @@ -9748,7 +9748,7 @@
 >             using port address <literal>0x3f8</literal>, and has a
 >             16550A-type UART chip.  The second uses the same kind of chip
 >             but is on irq 3 and is at port address <literal>0x2f8</literal>.
 > -            Internal modem cards are treated just like serial ports---except
 > +            Internal modem cards are treated just like serial ports — except
 >             that they always have a modem <quote>attached</quote> to the
 >             port.</para>
 >
 > @@ -9956,7 +9956,7 @@
 >             The terminal type for this port is
 >             <literal>dialup</literal>.  The port is
 >             <literal>on</literal> and is
 > -            <literal>insecure</literal>---meaning
 > +            <literal>insecure</literal> — meaning
 >             <username>root</username> logins on the port are not
 >             allowed. For dialin ports like this one, use the
 >             <devicename>ttyd<replaceable>X</replaceable></devicename>
 > @@ -10049,7 +10049,7 @@
 >
 >       <qandaentry>
 >         <question id="hayes-unsupported">
 > -          <para>My stock Hayes modem is not supported---what
 > +          <para>My stock Hayes modem is not supported — what
 >             can I do?</para>
 >         </question>
 >
 > @@ -10061,7 +10061,7 @@
 >             file.</para>
 >
 >           <para>The Hayes driver is not smart enough to recognize some of
 > -            the advanced features of newer modems---messages like
 > +            the advanced features of newer modems — messages like
 >             <literal>BUSY</literal>, <literal>NO DIALTONE</literal>, or
 >             <literal>CONNECT 115200</literal> will just confuse it. You
 >             should turn those messages off when you use &man.tip.1;
 > --- books.faq.patch.20.diff ends here ---
 >
 >
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