Docs: Use non-default throughout the documentation

Started by David G. Johnstonabout 1 month ago3 messages
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#1David G. Johnston
david.g.johnston@gmail.com

Hackers,

Ended up looking at "non-default" and found four spellings of "nondefault"
in the user-facing documentation (vs. 40ish non-default). Patch attached to
fix the 4.

David J.

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#2Peter Eisentraut
peter_e@gmx.net
In reply to: David G. Johnston (#1)
Re: Docs: Use non-default throughout the documentation

On 29.01.26 00:48, David G. Johnston wrote:

Ended up looking at "non-default" and found four spellings of
"nondefault" in the user-facing documentation (vs. 40ish non-default).
Patch attached to fix the 4.

I think "non" is not normally used with a hyphen, since it is not a
standalone word. So the fix should be the other way around.

#3David G. Johnston
david.g.johnston@gmail.com
In reply to: Peter Eisentraut (#2)
Re: Docs: Use non-default throughout the documentation

On Wednesday, February 4, 2026, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
wrote:

On 29.01.26 00:48, David G. Johnston wrote:

Ended up looking at "non-default" and found four spellings of
"nondefault" in the user-facing documentation (vs. 40ish non-default).
Patch attached to fix the 4.

I think "non" is not normally used with a hyphen, since it is not a
standalone word. So the fix should be the other way around.

Maybe it’s ironic.

I was looking at other words too, and indeed the absence of hyphen is
prevalent.

Agree on moving to nondefault.

David J.