GNU bug report logs - #41634
'timeout' returning 124 and 133

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: 41634 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41634: 'timeout' returning 124 and 133
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 14:34:01 +0100

On 07/06/2020 13:38, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> Minor, grammar-related question:
> 
>> +Upon timeout send the TERM signal to COMMAND, if no other SIGNAL specified.\n\
> _______________^
> s/timeout/&,/ ?
> 
> I stumbled upon this sentence a couple of times - shouldn't there be a comma?
> The word 'timeout' could be a regular noun, a verb, or in this special case
> the name of the tool, so I had to read the first half several times.
> But maybe it's only me as a non-native English speaker - commas are much
> cheaper over here. ;-)

When writing --help we tend to be space limited,
so I tend to write with punctuation mainly as disambiguation.
But indeed it is better to add the comma there, and we have space.

cheers,
Pádraig

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