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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2014-01-03 10:04:39 +1300 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2014-01-03 10:04:39 +1300 |
| commit | 91e4f660672b13b479e73c7d0fedac933199d669 (patch) | |
| tree | b0b21492bcd5c52a92b667074f8c88a73646d40d /man7/man-pages.7 | |
| parent | 10805063346e5680f60a0c2eb7686cb11a000bba (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-91e4f660672b13b479e73c7d0fedac933199d669.tar.gz | |
man-pages.7: Add historical note on reason for use of Americal spelling
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index f5bb0f1643..9d3b13aae9 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ create properly hyperlinked pages.) .SS Spelling Starting with release 2.59, .I man-pages -follows American spelling conventions; +follows American spelling conventions +(previously, there was a random mix of British and American spallings); please write all new pages and patches according to these conventions. .SS Capitalization In subsection ("SS") headings |