X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/c5755ce22669bc863d6319783cc9d5d38a5bdbcc..a36ed7ec83f3c6a91a0f4b2df94d7e30971f5b49:/docs/README.manpages diff --git a/docs/README.manpages b/docs/README.manpages index b5931e54..f5a802af 100644 --- a/docs/README.manpages +++ b/docs/README.manpages @@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ Common errors and subjective conventions Describe the default behaviour, then how it can be altered, e.g. an option. It's `see foo(1)', not `see the foo(1) man page for more detail'. + Emails have `From' and `Date' headers, not `From:' and `Date:'. + An mbox-format file has `"From "' envelope-address headers. A hyphen is input as an ASCII minus sign, `non-standard', not as `\-' which is the input to output a minus sign. @@ -272,6 +274,7 @@ Common errors and subjective conventions Use `.I' for normal emphasis and `.B' for strongest. Use `Unix', not `UNIX'. + Use `user ID' and `group ID', not `user-id'. Use `zeroed', not `zero'd'. Use `mail drop', not `maildrop' or `drop box'. Use `messages', not `message(s)', ditto `folders', etc.