Subject: misc/33328: "i.e." looks better for fixed-width fonts
To: None <misc-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <igor@string1.ciencias.uniovi.es>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/21/2006 16:00:01
>Number: 33328
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: "i.e." looks better for fixed-width fonts
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 21 16:00:00 +0000 2006
>Originator: Igor Sobrado
>Release: NetBSD 3.0
>Organization:
University of Oviedo
>Environment:
System: NetBSD ws-05 3.0 NetBSD 3.0 (GENERIC_LAPTOP) #0: Tue Mar 28 13:47:10 CEST 2006 root@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC_LAPTOP i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
The output of a *roff file that contains "e. g." or "i. e."-like
abbreviations on a fixed-width font device looks better without
a blank. Some years ago I submitted a set of patches that fixed
all these abbreviations in the NetBSD manual pages.
In fact, only one of these abbreviations with a blank in the middle
remain in the NetBSD manual pages. The patch attached to this
problem report should fix the one that remains in the most updated
version of mtree(8). I understand that it is a minor fix, but
aesthetical patches are applied to the operating system source too.
>How-To-Repeat:
$ man mtree
>Fix:
--- mtree.8 2006-04-21 17:33:35.000000000 +0200
+++ mtree.8 2006-04-21 17:33:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
Follow all symbolic links in the file hierarchy.
.It Fl m
If the schg and/or sappnd flags are specified, reset these flags. Note that
-this is only possible with securelevel less than 1 (i. e. in single user mode
+this is only possible with securelevel less than 1 (i.e. in single user mode
or while the system is running in insecure mode). See
.Xr init 8
for information on security levels.