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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/ruby.1 b/man/ruby.1 index cff48cd760..39bc920a70 100644 --- a/man/ruby.1 +++ b/man/ruby.1 @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ ASCII-8BIT (BINARY) .It Fl S Makes Ruby use the .Ev PATH -environment variable to search for script, unless if its name begins +environment variable to search for script, unless its name begins with a slash. This is used to emulate .Li #! on machines that don't support it, in the following manner: @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Sets the default value for internal encodings .Pf ( Li "Encoding.default_internal" ) to UTF-8. .Pp .It Fl W Ns Op Ar level=2 -Turns on verbose mode at the specified level, without printing version +Turns on verbose mode at the specified level without printing the version message at the beginning. The level can be; .Bl -hang -offset indent .It Sy 0 @@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ On some systems .Li "$0" does not always contain the full pathname, so you need the .Fl S -switch to tell Ruby to search for the script if necessary. To handle -embedded spaces or such. A better construct than +switch to tell Ruby to search for the script if necessary (to handle embedded +spaces and such). A better construct than .Li "$*" would be .Li ${1+"$@"} , @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ but it does not work if the script is being interpreted by .Xr csh 1 . .Pp .It Fl v -Enables verbose mode. Ruby will print its version at the beginning, +Enables verbose mode. Ruby will print its version at the beginning and set the variable .Li "$VERBOSE" to true. Some methods print extra messages if this variable is true. @@ -358,11 +358,11 @@ variable to true. .Pp .It Fl x Ns Op Ar directory Tells Ruby that the script is embedded in a message. Leading garbage -will be discarded until the first that starts with +will be discarded until the first line that starts with .Dq #! and contains the string, .Dq ruby . -Any meaningful switches on that line will applied. The end of script +Any meaningful switches on that line will be applied. The end of the script must be specified with either .Li EOF , .Li "^D" ( Li "control-D" ) , @@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ before executing script. DO NOT USE. .Pp Turns on compiler debug mode. Ruby will print a bunch of internal -state messages during compiling scripts. You don't have to specify -this switch, unless you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter. +state messages during compilation. Only specify this switch you are going to +debug the Ruby interpreter. .Pp .It Fl -disable- Ns Ar FEATURE .It Fl -enable- Ns Ar FEATURE @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ disassembled instructions .Pp .El .Pp -You don't have to specify this switch, unless you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter. +Only specify this switch if you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter. .Pp .It Fl -verbose Enables verbose mode without printing version message at the |