Re: [PATCH] xargs.1: some remarks and editing fixes in the man page

[Bernhard Voelker]

Hello Bjarni,

On 6/20/23 20:13, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> [...]

many thanks for the fixes - this is highly appreciated.
I like them all.

One question:

> Wrong distance between sentences.
>
>    Separate the sentences and subordinate clauses; each begins on a new
> line.  See man-pages(7) ("Conventions for source file layout") and
> "info groff" ("Input Conventions").
>
>    The best procedure is to always start a new sentence on a new line,
> at least, if you are typing on a computer.
>
> [...]
> 51:prevents such problems.   When using this option you will need to
> 94:command.   Multibyte characters are not supported.
> 316:are mutually exclusive. If some of them are specified at the same
> 466:internally.   This means that there is an upper limit on the length
> 492:a line which is longer than it can handle.   This is not an ideal

There are many more sentences starting on the same line where a previous
one ends, but your patch only changed some of them.

Shouldn't we better change them all, or do you think that this is too
invasive (maybe for translators)?  See attached patch.

Thanks & have a nice day,
Berny

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