[PATCH] strcmp.3: tfix

[PATCH] strcmp.3: tfix

[Štěpán Němec]

With a single backslash, '\0' ended up as ' ' in the man output.

Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
---
 man3/strcmp.3 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man3/strcmp.3 b/man3/strcmp.3
index c1992c18427c..469c9b6947d1 100644
--- a/man3/strcmp.3
+++ b/man3/strcmp.3
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ First, some examples using
 .EX
 $ \fB./string_comp ABC ABC\fP
 <str1> and <str2> are equal
-$ \fB./string_comp ABC AB\fP      # \(aqC\(aq is ASCII 67; \(aqC\(aq \- \(aq\0\(aq = 67
+$ \fB./string_comp ABC AB\fP      # \(aqC\(aq is ASCII 67; \(aqC\(aq \- \(aq\\0\(aq = 67
 <str1> is greater than <str2> (67)
 $ \fB./string_comp ABA ABZ\fP     # \(aqA\(aq is ASCII 65; \(aqZ\(aq is ASCII 90
 <str1> is less than <str2> (\-25)

base-commit: 65dfda3dd16da5cff236c4a84532ec40d7533578
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH] strcmp.3: tfix

[Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)]

Hi Štěpán,

On 5/22/21 6:17 PM, Štěpán Němec wrote:
> With a single backslash, '\0' ended up as ' ' in the man output.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>

Patch applied.

Thanks,

Alex

> ---
>   man3/strcmp.3 | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/strcmp.3 b/man3/strcmp.3
> index c1992c18427c..469c9b6947d1 100644
> --- a/man3/strcmp.3
> +++ b/man3/strcmp.3
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ First, some examples using
>   .EX
>   $ \fB./string_comp ABC ABC\fP
>   <str1> and <str2> are equal
> -$ \fB./string_comp ABC AB\fP      # \(aqC\(aq is ASCII 67; \(aqC\(aq \- \(aq\0\(aq = 67
> +$ \fB./string_comp ABC AB\fP      # \(aqC\(aq is ASCII 67; \(aqC\(aq \- \(aq\\0\(aq = 67
>   <str1> is greater than <str2> (67)
>   $ \fB./string_comp ABA ABZ\fP     # \(aqA\(aq is ASCII 65; \(aqZ\(aq is ASCII 90
>   <str1> is less than <str2> (\-25)
> 
> base-commit: 65dfda3dd16da5cff236c4a84532ec40d7533578
> 


-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/

Re: [PATCH] strcmp.3: tfix

[Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)]

Hi Štěpán,

On 5/23/21 12:39 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
> Hi Štěpán,
> 
> On 5/22/21 6:17 PM, Štěpán Němec wrote:
>> With a single backslash, '\0' ended up as ' ' in the man output.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
> 
> Patch applied.

D'oh, I forgot.  We use \e to specify the escape character (see commit 
message of d1a719857b7eb68f5e5c1c965089038dee683240).

I dropped the patch and applied the following:


     strcmp.3: tfix

     With a simple backslash, '\0' ended up as ' ' in the man output.

     Reported-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
     Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man3/strcmp.3 b/man3/strcmp.3
index c1992c184..3c5a5a6ad 100644
--- a/man3/strcmp.3
+++ b/man3/strcmp.3
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ First, some examples using
  .EX
  $ \fB./string_comp ABC ABC\fP
  <str1> and <str2> are equal
-$ \fB./string_comp ABC AB\fP      # \(aqC\(aq is ASCII 67; \(aqC\(aq \- 
\(aq\0\(aq = 67
+$ \fB./string_comp ABC AB\fP      # \(aqC\(aq is ASCII 67; \(aqC\(aq \- 
\(aq\e0\(aq = 67
  <str1> is greater than <str2> (67)
  $ \fB./string_comp ABA ABZ\fP     # \(aqA\(aq is ASCII 65; \(aqZ\(aq 
is ASCII 90
  <str1> is less than <str2> (\-25)


-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/

Re: [PATCH] strcmp.3: tfix

[Štěpán Němec]

On Sun, 23 May 2021 12:50:21 +0200
Alejandro Colomar wrote:

>> On 5/22/21 6:17 PM, Štěpán Němec wrote:
>>> With a single backslash, '\0' ended up as ' ' in the man output.
>> 
>> Patch applied.
>
> D'oh, I forgot.  We use \e to specify the escape character (see commit 
> message of d1a719857b7eb68f5e5c1c965089038dee683240).

Oh, I should have noticed the usage in the very same man page...

Thank you for the reference, too.

> I dropped the patch and applied the following:

Thanks!

-- 
Štěpán