{"thread":{"id":"12351","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Documentation: help: describe 'man.viewer' config variable.","startedAt":"2008-02-28T03:51:08Z","lastAt":"2008-02-28T03:51:08Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Christian Couder"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"70204","messageId":"200802280451.08728.chriscool@tuxfamily.org","threadId":"12351","inReplyTo":"200802271323.m1RDNGTR025557@mi1.bluebottle.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Documentation: help: describe 'man.viewer' config variable.","fromName":"Christian Couder","fromEmail":"chriscool@tuxfamily.org","sentAt":"2008-02-28T03:51:08Z","receivedAt":"2008-02-28T03:51:08Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"christian.couder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/208954?v=4"},"body":"Le mercredi 27 février 2008, しらいしななこ a écrit :\n> Quoting Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>:\n> > +man.viewer::\n> > +\tSpecify the program that will be used to display help in the\n> > +\t'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].\n> > +\n> >  -i|--info::\n> > -\tUse the 'info' program to display the manual page, instead of\n> > -\tthe 'man' program that is used by default.\n> > +\tDisplay manual documentation about the command in Info\n> > +\tformat. The 'info' program will be used for that purpose.\n>\n> I am not a native speaker of the English language, but \"manual\n> documentation about\" feels duplicatedly redundant, at least to me.  I\n> think it is more common to say \"the manual page for\", or \"the man page\n> for\".\n\nYes, I will send an updated patch saying \"manual page for\" soon. \n\n> >  -m|--man::\n> > -\tUse the 'man' program to display the manual page. This may be\n> > -\tused to override a value set in the 'help.format'\n> > -\tconfiguration variable.\n> > +\tDisplay manual documentation about the command in Man format.\n>\n> An earlier description for man.viewer says \"in the 'man' format\".\n\nOk, it will say \"'man' format\" everywhere.\n\n> > +\tThis option may be used to override a value set in the\n> > +\t'help.format' configuration variable.\n> > ++\n> > +By default the 'man' program will be used to display the man pages,\n>\n> And this part says \"the man pages\".\n>\n> >  -w|--web::\n> > -\tUse a web browser to display the HTML manual page, instead of\n> > -\tthe 'man' program that is used by default.\n> > +\tDisplay manual documentation about the command in HTLM format.\n> > +\tA web browser will be used for that purpose.\n>\n> Is this a mistyped \"HTML format\"?\n\nRight, it will be fixed.\n\nThanks,\nChristian.\n"}]}