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[Quilt-dev] [patch 21/26] Wordsmith Options section.
From: |
g . branden . robinson |
Subject: |
[Quilt-dev] [patch 21/26] Wordsmith Options section. |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Jun 2018 12:22:53 -0400 |
User-agent: |
quilt/0.65 |
* Make tagged paragraphs readable as paragraphs (try it aloud).
* Don't introduce a metavariable without explaining it or using it in
context.
Index: quilt/doc/quilt.1.in
===================================================================
--- quilt.orig/doc/quilt.1.in
+++ quilt/doc/quilt.1.in
@@ -174,31 +174,32 @@ These options are common to all
commands.
.TP
.B \\-h
-Print a usage message (for the given
+prints a usage message (for the given
.IR command ,
if one is specified, otherwise for
.I quilt
itself) and exit.
.TP
.BI "\\-\\-quiltrc " file
-Use the specified configuration file instead of
+uses
+.I file
+as the specified configuration file instead of
.I \\[ti]/.quiltrc
(or
.I /etc/quilt.quiltrc
if
.I \\[ti]/.quiltrc
does not exist).
-See the PDF documentation for details about its possible contents.
The special value \\[lq]\\-\\[rq] causes
.I quilt
not to read any configuration file.
.TP
.B \\-\\-trace
-Runs the command in bash trace mode (\\-x).
-For internal debugging.
+runs the command in the shell's trace mode (\\-x) for debugging of
+internal operations.
.TP
.B \\-\\-version
-Print the version number and exit immediately.
+prints the version number and exits.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
The exit status is 0 if the sub-command was successfully executed, and
1 in case of error.
- Re: [Quilt-dev] [patch 11/26] Italicize work titles., (continued)
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 18/26] Change the form of the word "subdirectory"., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 09/26] Use character escapes for directional quotes and spacing tilde., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 13/26] Set filespecs and environment variable names in italics., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 16/26] Render Andreas Gruenbachers name with a u-umlaut., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 21/26] Wordsmith Options section.,
g . branden . robinson <=
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 23/26] Wordsmith Environment section., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 15/26] Capitalize "PDF" when not part of a filename., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 17/26] Tighten summary., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 20/26] Wordsmith Description section., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16
- [Quilt-dev] [patch 25/26] Make file tree diagram portable., g . branden . robinson, 2018/06/16