From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: Thorsten Glaser <tglaser@b1-systems.de>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] man/man2/syscall.2: fix numbering for notes
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:43:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aYCnGFboK-95B8AY@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7b1b7c56-ad07-40b7-5387-08a4b60e3078@b1-systems.de>
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Hi Thorsten,
On 2026-02-02T12:39:00+0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the table refers to numbered notes, but the notes just have
> bullets. The attached patch fixes that.
Thanks! I've applied the patch, and amended the commit to change the
format. It's pushed already.
See man-pages(7):
Lists
There are different kinds of lists:
Tagged paragraphs
...
Ordered lists
...
Positional lists
Elements are preceded by a number (index) in square
brackets [4], [5]. These represent fields in a
set. The first index will be:
0 When it represents fields of a C data struc‐
ture, to be consistent with arrays.
1 When it represents fields of a file, to be
consistent with tools like cut(1).
Alternatives list
...
Bullet lists
...
Numbered notes
Not really a list, but the syntax is identical to
"positional lists".
There should always be exactly 2 spaces between the list
symbol and the elements. This doesn’t apply to "tagged
paragraphs", which use the default indentation rules.
Have a lovely day!
Alex
>
> bye,
> //Thorsten (with $dayjob hat)
:-)
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2026-02-02 11:39 [PATCH] man/man2/syscall.2: fix numbering for notes Thorsten Glaser
2026-02-02 13:43 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2026-02-02 13:48 ` Thorsten Glaser
2026-02-02 14:01 ` Alejandro Colomar
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