From 7e23fc43c315414254ae6f03ca6ae19d2144caf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Samuelson Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 17:13:44 +1000 Subject: Hyphens and Other Manpage Typography, 4/4: literal ASCII hyphens. From: Peter Samuelson nroff formats "-" as the very short hyphen used for hyphenated terms and for splitting a word across two lines. When you want a literal ASCII "-", like for typing on a command line, you're supposed to use "\-" instead. Yeah, it sounds pedantic, but it actually makes a difference. With modern Unicode-capable terminals, "man" actually renders these with different characters, so if you try to search for "--create" in your favorite pager, you won't find it unless the nroff source says "\-\-create". This discrepancy doesn't generally show up with non-Unicode terminals. Signed-Off-By: Peter Samuelson --- mdassemble.8 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'mdassemble.8') diff --git a/mdassemble.8 b/mdassemble.8 index a042df4..d76e163 100644 --- a/mdassemble.8 +++ b/mdassemble.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ or Invoking .B mdassemble has the same effect as invoking -.B mdadm --assemble --scan. +.B mdadm \-\-assemble \-\-scan. .PP Invoking .B mdassemble @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ supports all configuration parameters defined in with the exception of .B auto= which is supported only if mdadm was built with the -.B -DMDASSEMBLE_AUTO +.B \-DMDASSEMBLE_AUTO define. .SH SEE ALSO -- cgit