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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-07-28 22:12:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-07-29 11:19:07 +0200 |
| commit | 5e3bcef1ae44ef6789f61e000f67a2214fd07582 (patch) | |
| tree | 4310e56b1bf31dc311e7ba30e4f89e5e0125ca6a /man3/ttyname.3 | |
| parent | b38481347944c76617d0bc144649457901898cc7 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-pty_lang_fixup.tar.gz | |
ioctl_tty.2, poll.2, getpt.3, grantpt.3, openpty.3, posix_openpt.3, ptsname.3, ttyname.3, unlockpt.3, pts.4, pty.7: Eliminate problematic "master-slave" terminologypty_lang_fixup
The "master-slave" terminology used in describing pseudoterminals
is problematic, and not even very technically descriptive. Rewrite
various manual pages to eliminate that language. The following
replacement terms are used:
slave ==> "terminal device"
(or "terminal end of the pseudoterminal device pair")
master ==> "pseudoterminal device"
(or "pseudoterminal end of the pseudoterminal device pair")
pseudoterminal (device) ==> "pseudoterminal device pair"
Another notable wording change is the use of phrasings such as
"the corresponding terminal device", when emphasizing the linkage
between the pseudoterminal and terminal ends of a pseudoterminal
device pair.
The terminology originates in golang (which made a similar
terminology change in 2019), and was suggested for Linux
man-pages by Elliot Hughes.
Reported-by: Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man3/ttyname.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/ttyname.3 | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man3/ttyname.3 b/man3/ttyname.3 index 93932610b5..cd98315227 100644 --- a/man3/ttyname.3 +++ b/man3/ttyname.3 @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Bad file descriptor. .\" glibc commit 15e9a4f378c8607c2ae1aa465436af4321db0e23 .B ENODEV .I fd -refers to a slave pseudoterminal device +refers to the terminal end of a pseudoterminal device pair but the corresponding pathname could not be found (see NOTES). .TP .B ENOTTY |