Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:15:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r221026 - head/usr.bin/printf Message-ID: <201104251915.p3PJFwZ7088704@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jilles Date: Mon Apr 25 19:15:58 2011 New Revision: 221026 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/221026 Log: printf(1): Move non-bugs from the BUGS section to a new section CAVEATS. Modified: head/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 Modified: head/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 Mon Apr 25 18:15:45 2011 (r221025) +++ head/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 Mon Apr 25 19:15:58 2011 (r221026) @@ -337,6 +337,16 @@ command appeared in It is modeled after the standard library function, .Xr printf 3 . +.Sh CAVEATS +.Tn ANSI +hexadecimal character constants were deliberately not provided. +.Pp +Trying to print a dash ("-") as the first character causes +.Nm +to interpret the dash as a program argument. +.Nm -- +must be used before +.Ar format . .Sh BUGS Since the floating point numbers are translated from .Tn ASCII @@ -348,9 +358,6 @@ The .Cm L modifier may produce additional precision, depending on the hardware platform.) .Pp -.Tn ANSI -hexadecimal character constants were deliberately not provided. -.Pp The escape sequence \e000 is the string terminator. When present in the argument for the .Cm b @@ -360,10 +367,3 @@ Multibyte characters are not recognized a problem if .Ql % can appear inside a multibyte character). -.Pp -Trying to print a dash ("-") as the first character causes -.Nm -to interpet the dash as a program argument. -.Nm -- -must be used before -.Ar format .
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