GNU bug report logs - #74205
man: dots and closing bracket in wrong order

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 20:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>
Cc: 74205-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#74205: man: dots and closing bracket in wrong order
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:56:18 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 2024-11-04 12:28, Martin Schulte wrote:
> the dots and the closing are in the wrong order compared to "all" other man pages:

POSIX uses yet another style for ... and []; see:

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/grep.html

That being said, it's a bit nicer if grep matches similar GNU apps 
(regardless of what POSIX does) so I installed the attached patch to try 
to do that. Thanks for mentioning the issue.
[0001-doc-more-consistent-style-for.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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