Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 07:14:51 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: tjr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sh(1) patch Message-ID: <20041101151451.GT24892@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20041101112923.GA16173@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20041030085621.GZ24892@elvis.mu.org> <20041101112923.GA16173@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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* Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> [041101 03:29] wrote: > On 2004-10-30 01:56, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> wrote: > > I always find it kind of difficult to find the $foo special operators > > under the manpage for sh(1) because they are not listed in a way > > that allows easy search. > > > > Would this patch be acceptable? > > > Index: sh.1 > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/bin/sh/sh.1,v > > retrieving revision 1.92 > > diff -u -r1.92 sh.1 > > --- sh.1 3 Jul 2004 02:03:44 -0000 1.92 > > +++ sh.1 30 Oct 2004 08:54:52 -0000 > > @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ > > The value of the parameter is listed > > next to its character. > > .Bl -hang > > -.It Li * > > +.It Li $* > > [snip] > > Hi Alfred, > > The patch is probably ok as an idea, but it's not quite finished if you only > change the names of the special variables to include `$'. The paragraph just > above the changes says: That looks ok.
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