* [PATCH] printf.3: Minor wording tweaks to Utkarsh's patch
@ 2021-03-19 23:57 Alejandro Colomar
2021-04-04 19:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2021-03-19 23:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mtk.manpages; +Cc: Alejandro Colomar, linux-man
The format string refers to the whole string passed in 'format'.
The syntax referred to is that of a conversion specification,
as called in the manual page.
Use specific language.
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---
man3/printf.3 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
index 7c993074c..f69a44066 100644
--- a/man3/printf.3
+++ b/man3/printf.3
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ an optional
and an optional
.IR "length modifier" .
.PP
-Overall syntax of format string is:
+The overall syntax of a conversion specification is:
.PP
.in +4n
.nf
--
2.30.1
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* Re: [PATCH] printf.3: Minor wording tweaks to Utkarsh's patch
2021-03-19 23:57 [PATCH] printf.3: Minor wording tweaks to Utkarsh's patch Alejandro Colomar
@ 2021-04-04 19:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2021-04-04 19:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: mtk.manpages, linux-man
Hi Alex,
On 3/20/21 12:57 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> The format string refers to the whole string passed in 'format'.
> The syntax referred to is that of a conversion specification,
> as called in the manual page.
> Use specific language.
You did just what I would have done, but better :-).
Thanks. Patch applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
> ---
> man3/printf.3 | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
> index 7c993074c..f69a44066 100644
> --- a/man3/printf.3
> +++ b/man3/printf.3
> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ an optional
> and an optional
> .IR "length modifier" .
> .PP
> -Overall syntax of format string is:
> +The overall syntax of a conversion specification is:
> .PP
> .in +4n
> .nf
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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