> Von: "Ralph Corderoy" <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> > > > `mom' is much like `RUNOFF'. So `RUNOFF' is not dead. The 2-letter > > abbreviations of classical `roff' make the `roff' files unreadable. > > Funnily enough, mom's style of SHOUTING_ALL_THE_TIME has put me off > using it to date. Far too noisy and intrusive for someone used to a > couple of lowercase letters here and there. :-) I keep thinking that > when I do take the plunge I'll set up quiet_aliases for all the things > as I use them. > > > But in Linux, there are some man-page files that are capitalized. > > Ignoring Perl, ;-) I see a few; MAKEDEV, PAM, LDP. Oh, and X. PAM(7) > is also there as pam(7). > > > I would prefer the man-page name `RUNOFF.7', because the original > > `RUNOFF' system was always written in upper case. Any complaints? > > I'd prefer not, but it's only a preference. In man7 I see these > uppercase terms have lowercase man pages, so there seems to be more > tradition on it being lower. > > arp gpl koi8-r url > ascii icmp koi8-u urn > cp1251 ip tcp utf-8 > fifo ipv6 udp x25 > gfdl iso_8859_* uri Thank you for your information. I keep `runoff.7'.
Bernd Warken
