Re: regex.7 manpage is awful

Simon Oosthoek
2009-01-12T10:30:03Z

On Monday 12 January 2009 11:08, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Simon,
>
> [...]
>
> > Anyway, the point of this e-mail:
> > - the current page is awful, hard to read and ambiguous
> > - the implied POSIX decision to obsolete basic REs is bad
> > - I would not recommend this manpage to anyone trying to understand
> > REs
> >
> > If possible I'd like to change the world ;-) but failing that, a
> > less ambiguous (and easier to read) version of the regex(7) manpage
> > would be greatly appreciated!
>
> You are not the first to note that the regex(7) page could be better.
> But so far, no one has done the work to make it better. My time is
> limited, so I'm unlikely to get to it in a hurry. Help would be
> greatly appreciated...

I understand, the same goes for me, but if I can get some time in, I'll
try to get something going...
Petr's suggestions are a good start I think.

I'll keep it in the back of my mind for when I get some time... (I'll try
to get to it sooner rather than later)