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man: Small cleanup for Command Line Editing
Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 03:53:26PM +0100, Larry Hynes wrote:
>> src/dash.1, under Command Line Editing, states:
>> It's similar to vi: typing <ESC> will throw you into command
>> VI command mode.
>> - There appears to be no need for both occurrences of 'command'
>> - I can't see a reason for VI to be capitalised
>> - 'will throw you into' seems a little... enthusiastic
>> Following diff changes it to
>> It's similar to vi: typing <ESC> enters vi command mode.
>> diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
>> index 8b8026d..f35d89d 100644
>> --- a/src/dash.1
>> +++ b/src/dash.1
>> @@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ enabled, sh can be switched between insert mode and command mode.
>> The editor is not described in full here, but will be in a later document.
>> It's similar to vi: typing
>> .Aq ESC
>> -will throw you into command VI command mode.
>> +enters vi command mode.
>> Hitting
>> .Aq return
>> while in command mode will pass the line to the shell.
> I agree. If you're changing things here anyway, I suggest getting rid of
> the contraction as well (changing It's to It is). The fairly formal
> style of man pages avoids contractions, just like it avoids "you".
> The reference to the "later document" can probably be removed as well,
> since said document does not exist yet after many years.
Hi
Revised diff, below, expands the contraction, deletes reference to
'later document' and changes 'place' to 'places' in the following:
The command ‘set -o vi’ enables vi-mode editing and place sh
into vi insert mode.
Signed-off-by:
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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