From 5bcd986ed3b3cbcb645c249ee4018522c723a380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:26:13 +0200 Subject: docs: tweak the formatting and wording of some text-utils man pages Highlight the program name, use proper lowercase, remove unneeded commas and articles, and add helpful hyphenation. Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg --- text-utils/col.1 | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'text-utils/col.1') diff --git a/text-utils/col.1 b/text-utils/col.1 index 7f3e41344..bbec8feee 100644 --- a/text-utils/col.1 +++ b/text-utils/col.1 @@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ .Op Fl bfphx .Op Fl l Ar num .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Col -filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so the output is -in the correct order with only forward and half forward line +.Nm +filters out reverse (and half-reverse) line feeds so the output is +in the correct order with only forward and half-forward line feeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in processing the output of .Xr nroff 1 and .Xr tbl 1 . .Pp -.Nm Col +.Nm reads from standard input and writes to standard output. .Pp The options are as follows: @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character written to each column position. .It Fl f, Fl Fl fine Forward half line feeds are permitted (``fine'' mode). -Normally characters printed on a half line boundary are printed +Normally characters printed on a half-line boundary are printed on the following line. .It Fl p, Fl Fl pass Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged. @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ reverse line feed (11) All unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are discarded. .Pp -.Nm Col +.Nm keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes sure the character set is correct when they are output. .Pp -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522