At 2020-09-27T22:05:14+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Branden,
> 
> * G. Branden Robinson via linux-man:
> 
> 1)
> 
> > .EX
> > .B int fstat(int \c
> > .IB fd , \~\c
> > .B struct stat *\c
> > .IB statbuf );
> > .EE
> 
> 2)
> 
> > .EX
> > .BI "int fstat(int " fd ", struct stat *" statbuf );
> > .EE
> 
> 3)
> 
> > .EX
> > .BI "int fstat(int\~" fd ", struct stat *" statbuf );
> > .EE
> 
> I'd say number 2 is best.  Rationale: grep :)
> I agree it's visually somewhat harder, but grepping is way easier.

I don't see how (2) is any tougher to grep than (3)...?

If I'm grepping, I'm usually concerned with things like
variable/function names and not with punctuation, so if I were grepping
for the above function signature I'd probably write:

$ grep 'fstat.*fd.*statbuf' man2/*

...which would catch either of the above just fine.

Am I missing something?

Regards,
Branden