Bug#238958: doesn't use the term manpage consistently

["Daniel B." <dsb@smart.net>]

Branden Robinson wrote:
> ...
> I prefer "manpage" because, as a single term, it's more obvious that it's
> jargon.  It's a Unix-ism to use "man" as short for "manual", a shorthand
> that is found nowhere else in English as far as I know.  I think it
> would be helpful to newcomers to not tempt them to conclude that "man
> pages" have anything to do with "men", and I suspect they're less likely
> do so when presented with a single term.
> 
> If we're going to use two words, we should probably say "manual page" or
> "reference page".

Right.  Simply saying "manual page" has the advantage of being in
plain English.  (Newcomers won't have to figure out any abbreviations 
to know what it means.)

Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
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