[tex-live] typos in man pages

Werner LEMBERG wl at gnu.org
Sun Aug 10 12:19:24 CEST 2008


Folks,


how can I find out the people reponsible for a given man page?

For example, there are some serious typos in amstex.1 (see the patch
below).

Shall I send patches to this list?  Shall I fix it immediately in
TeXLive?  I assume that the PDF files of the man pages are then
regenerated automatically, right?


    Werner


======================================================================


--- /home/wl/texlive/texmf/doc/man/man1/amstex.1	2008-08-02 16:09:38.000000000 +0200
+++ amstex.1	2008-08-10 12:10:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 .\"=====================================================================
 .if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP
 .if n .ds TX TeX
-.ie t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP for troff
-.el .ds OX TeX for nroff
+.if t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP\" for troff
+.if n .ds OX TeX\" for nroff
 .\" the same but obliqued
 .\" BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX
 .if t .ds BX \fRB\s-2IB\s0\fP\*(TX
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
 .PP
 The \*(AX macros encourage writers to think about the content of their
 documents, rather than the form.  The ideal, not always realized, is to
-have no formatting commands (like ``switch to italic'' or ``skip 2
-picas'') in the document at all; instead, everything is done
-by specific markup instructions: ``emphasize'', ``start a section''.
+have no formatting commands (like \(lqswitch to italic\(rq or \(lqskip 2
+picas\(rq) in the document at all; instead, everything is done
+by specific markup instructions: \(lqemphasize\(rq, \(lqstart a section\(rq.
 .PP
 \*(AX is the official typesetting system of the American Mathematical
 Society, and nearly all of its publications are typeset using \*(AX.  The
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
 .\"=====================================================================
 .SH FILES
 .TP
-.I amsguide.tex"
+.I amsguide.tex
 Documentation for \*(AX, typesettable by \*(TX.
 .TP
-.I amfndoc.tex"
+.I amfndoc.tex
 Documentation for AMS fonts, typesettable by \*(TX.
 .\"=====================================================================
 .SH "SEE ALSO"


More information about the tex-live mailing list