Bug 15234

Summary: sh(1) man page have capitalised instance of "sh".
Product: Documentation Reporter: Oleg V . Volkov <rover>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: mpp
Status: Closed FIXED    
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Priority: Normal    
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Description Oleg V . Volkov 1999-12-03 03:00:04 UTC
From output of "man sh":
---
DESCRIPTION                                                             
     Sh is the standard command interpreter for the system.  The current
---

How-To-Repeat: 
	man sh
Comment 1 chris 1999-12-07 02:59:47 UTC
On Fri, Dec 03, 1999, Oleg V. Volkov wrote:
> --- sh.1.old	Thu Sep  2 16:09:48 1999
> +++ sh.1	Fri Dec  3 05:04:05 1999
> @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
>  .Op Fl c Ar string
>  .Op Ar arg ...
>  .Sh DESCRIPTION
> -.Nm Sh
> +A
> +.Nm sh

   ``A sh is ...'' makes even less sense than ``Sh is ...'',
don't you think?

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Comment 2 Oleg V . Volkov 1999-12-07 03:21:54 UTC
On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 08:59:47PM -0600, Chris Costello wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 03, 1999, Oleg V. Volkov wrote:
> > --- sh.1.old	Thu Sep  2 16:09:48 1999
> > +++ sh.1	Fri Dec  3 05:04:05 1999
> > @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
> >  .Op Fl c Ar string
> >  .Op Ar arg ...
> >  .Sh DESCRIPTION
> > -.Nm Sh
> > +A
> > +.Nm sh
>    ``A sh is ...'' makes even less sense than ``Sh is ...'',
> don't you think?

Well, then...
``A "sh" command interpreter (shell) ..." should do, I guess...

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Comment 3 chris 1999-12-07 03:25:18 UTC
On Tue, Dec 07, 1999, Oleg V. Volkov wrote:
> Well, then...
> ``A "sh" command interpreter (shell) ..." should do, I guess...

   Personally, I think it's fine the way it is, or should not be
capitalized at all.  The word "A" doesn't belong there.

   Anybody else have any input?

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Comment 4 Alexey Zelkin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1999-12-20 14:14:55 UTC
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->mpp

Mike is working with this problem. 
Comment 5 mpp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-05-05 03:05:30 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Fixed in rev 1.37 of sh.1.