Subject: lib/2345: vis.3 misuses 'comprise'
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@taniemarie.solon.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/22/1996 07:07:50
>Number:         2345
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       vis.3 man page misuses 'comprise'
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 22 08:35:01 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter Seebach
>Organization:
Usenet Fact Police (Undercover)
>Release:        96-03-08
>Environment:
System: NetBSD taniemarie 1.1B NetBSD 1.1B (SEEBS) #0: Wed Apr 10 19:25:37 CDT 1996 seebs@taniemarie:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/SEEBS amiga


>Description:
	The vis.3 man page misuses comprise to mean compose.  Comprise and
	compose actually have reverse senses; if A comprises B, B composes
	A.  (Or, more idiomatically, A is composed of B.)  "comprised of"
	is meaningless.

>How-To-Repeat:
	man 3 vis
>Fix:
	This patch should work.  It's not completely tested, but I'm pretty
	sure the fix is machine-independant.  Ideally, someone with a 386
	would test it also.  ;-)

*** vis.old3	Mon Apr 22 07:04:36 1996
--- vis.3	Mon Apr 22 07:04:42 1996
***************
*** 116,122 ****
  the trailing
  .Dv NUL ) . 
  .Pp
! The encoding is a unique, invertible representation comprised entirely of
  graphic characters; it can be decoded back into the original form using 
  the
  .Xr unvis 3
--- 116,122 ----
  the trailing
  .Dv NUL ) . 
  .Pp
! The encoding is a unique, invertible representation composed entirely of
  graphic characters; it can be decoded back into the original form using 
  the
  .Xr unvis 3
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: