[PATCH] printf.3: ffix

[PATCH] printf.3: ffix

[Jakub Wilk]

Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
---
 man3/printf.3 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
index c99c796ce..50e136ba6 100644
--- a/man3/printf.3
+++ b/man3/printf.3
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ and
 as synonyms, so that one can, for example, write
 .BR llg
 (as a synonym for the standards-compliant
-.RB Lg )
+.BR Lg )
 and
 .BR Ld
 (as a synonym for the standards compliant
-- 
2.26.0.rc2

Re: [PATCH] printf.3: ffix

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hello Jakub,

On 3/23/20 10:00 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>

Thanks. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael

> ---
>  man3/printf.3 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
> index c99c796ce..50e136ba6 100644
> --- a/man3/printf.3
> +++ b/man3/printf.3
> @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ and
>  as synonyms, so that one can, for example, write
>  .BR llg
>  (as a synonym for the standards-compliant
> -.RB Lg )
> +.BR Lg )
>  and
>  .BR Ld
>  (as a synonym for the standards compliant
> 


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/

[PATCH] printf.3: ffix

[Jakub Wilk]

Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
---
 man3/printf.3 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
index 8f944190b..85b5b4173 100644
--- a/man3/printf.3
+++ b/man3/printf.3
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ and
 below) and each conversion specifier asks for the next
 argument (and it is an error if insufficiently many arguments are given).
 One can also specify explicitly which argument is taken,
-at each place where an argument is required, by writing "%m$" instead
-of \(aq%\(aq and "*m$" instead of \(aq*\(aq,
+at each place where an argument is required, by writing "%\fIm\fP$" instead
+of \(aq%\(aq and "*\fIm\fP$" instead of \(aq*\(aq,
 where the decimal integer \fIm\fP denotes
 the position in the argument list of the desired argument, indexed starting
 from 1.
-- 
2.37.2

Re: [PATCH] printf.3: ffix

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi Jakub,

On 10/21/22 20:41, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
> ---
>   man3/printf.3 | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
> index 8f944190b..85b5b4173 100644
> --- a/man3/printf.3
> +++ b/man3/printf.3
> @@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ and
>   below) and each conversion specifier asks for the next
>   argument (and it is an error if insufficiently many arguments are given).
>   One can also specify explicitly which argument is taken,
> -at each place where an argument is required, by writing "%m$" instead
> -of \(aq%\(aq and "*m$" instead of \(aq*\(aq,
> +at each place where an argument is required, by writing "%\fIm\fP$" instead

I've always had doubts about how those things should be formatted.  Could you 
please explain why you'd format it that way?

Thanks,

Alex

> +of \(aq%\(aq and "*\fIm\fP$" instead of \(aq*\(aq,
>   where the decimal integer \fIm\fP denotes
>   the position in the argument list of the desired argument, indexed starting
>   from 1.

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