Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/13364: Patch to wc(1) for Unix 98 compliance. Message-ID: <199908251540.IAA02387@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/13364; it has been noted by GNATS. From: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/13364: Patch to wc(1) for Unix 98 compliance. Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:37:10 -0400 (EDT) On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:42:13 -0400, James Howard wrote: > > > ! .Nd word, line, and byte count > > ! .Nd word, line, byte, and character count > > Since the manpage is read in the context of FreeBSD, the distinction > between bytes and characters is weird. I'd leave that change out. I added that at the last minute even though I didn't like it so there are no problems here. > While your change is cool now, you're putting worms in a can that > someone's going to have to open up one day when we use two-byte > characters. :) Uhg, I was totally blind-sided by that one. How far is FreeBSD from Unicode support? Has anyoen started? Anyone talking about it? > With the change of wording I've suggested above, this text is probably > unnecessary and certainly confusing. We had the discussion on FreeBSD documentation being correct yesterday. I am sure everyone can agree the manpages for any Unix are confusing :) > case 'm': /* Unix 98 compatibility option */ > /* FALLTHROUGH */ > > If you don't like the side-by-side comment, there seems to be a healthy > precedent in the source tree for having the comment immediately _above_ > the case line. You're the boss, however you see is fit. :) Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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