Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 01:30:15 GMT From: Marian Cerny <jojo@matfyz.cz> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/70506: re_format(7) contains many extra '=' Message-ID: <200408160130.i7G1UFid086856@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200408160130.i7G1UQQi060825@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 70506
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: re_format(7) contains many extra '='
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 16 01:30:26 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Marian Cerny
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD potvorka 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #2: Sat Aug 14 14:06:07 CEST 2004
majo@potvorka:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/POTVORKA i386
>Description:
The manual page for re_format(7) contains many extra equal signs ('=').
I found them on this lines:
> A (modern) RE is one= or more non-empty= branches, separated by `|'. It
> A branch is one= or more pieces, concatenated. It matches a match for
> A piece is an atom possibly followed by a single= `*', `+', `?', or
> lowed by `}'. The integers must lie between 0 and RE_DUP_MAX (255=)
> string)=, a bracket expression (see below), `.' (matching any single
> ordinary character), a `\' followed by any other character= (matching
> present=), or a single character with no other significance (matching
> ordinary character, not the beginning of a bound=. It is illegal to end
> any decimal digit. It is illegal= for two ranges to share an endpoint,
> and `[xy]' are all synonymous. An equivalence class may not= be an end-
> There are two special cases= of bracket expressions: the bracket expres-
> No particular limit is imposed on the length of REs=. Programs intended
> at the beginning of the RE or= the beginning of a parenthesized subex-
> pression, `$' is an ordinary character except at the end of the RE or=
On some lines it looks to me, it should be some special character. On
others not.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 7 re_format
>Fix:
Just remove those '=' mentioned above.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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