From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55FC630C371 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:32:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769419945; cv=none; b=KzRx58gzDqo/UpbBo/LuML/wCvh/NygciRgM3hgYHPerxmiVSVK+lp9GK/z37GU2ZSxaPONVvZKpcOn/yghVikP+HHLSXL66rNfTqofJ0p+FbUq17PwP80LXyj3PPH88FZ8y8cWpZyOCX2TPhd5PLPjJlnOTryGEDoY9U+Yg1kg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769419945; c=relaxed/simple; bh=mtDdLsFDe99Jq6Mm8LVzwcMrC3311GnF+i7Jolt3AYo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=PJ9T+iZ0XXLIw/81W1qPDyGGtjOzfZHZulnUaO6LI1kxtLuUY7XpyJsk9ERo+HHKQqKHAPdAC8llF3AjlxAgzzq7NxZKyIyIBezQyjDutd/pfZmLR4wXurOCRZw0Utdsa1xHVNqZQJ2Qk8EIdFqmZkKMYi0jM/XGHyOLwDy32Bg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=qOJ35mef; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="qOJ35mef" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC372C116C6; Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:32:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1769419944; bh=mtDdLsFDe99Jq6Mm8LVzwcMrC3311GnF+i7Jolt3AYo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=qOJ35mefbKncmCajPM832f2YKCL9ATas996xcIXma8lVh4Uh0/OrReyaIMcp0A4V2 Q+vaLDqbcCEmeX9ralp0LqyL/ZT4clSYVhLfgxSQlNFintNmHgXaOFtZlP7gizTbvw TNJrXAK3IaEamgU5CWCy6OMA3H0ywQpffeMghYyoglMbjbrMxIiBYtiyLQbsFTgOwu NgmGmPKD7WqSTpxstKIzazB9L9mofwU+akogPBW0C5PAK16Tc7RzHsuU9GJAvyYVvB QTSXj4twWJod58gMIl4FbdX7OYKixSG1sO11Cp/PZvn8p1O5uggf0CMPtYlV3qx/DJ //lZtt4vQ2UtQ== Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:32:21 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: =?utf-8?B?VmxhZGltw61yIMSMdW7DoXQ=?= Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, debian@helgefjell.de Subject: Re: Issue in man page resolver.3 Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ammggx5opufv2bnf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --ammggx5opufv2bnf Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: =?utf-8?B?VmxhZGltw61yIMSMdW7DoXQ=?= Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, debian@helgefjell.de Subject: Re: Issue in man page resolver.3 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Hi Vladim=C3=ADr, On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:21:38AM +0100, Vladim=C3=ADr =C4=8Cun=C3=A1t wro= te: > Hello, just my 2c. >=20 > > That is quite confusing, at least to me as a translator >=20 > I believe the forward syntax is confusing to C programmers, too. > It's not standard C and it's also not commonly used in code, > from what I see. (at least so far; maybe in future) I can see it being somewhat confusing (as any new syntax, I guess). I hope in the future it is not, and using it in the manual pages could help with that. And hopefully it also helps people use it more often. > Thanks for maintaining man-pages, by the way :-) You're welcome! :-) > --Vladimir Have a lovely day! Alex --=20 --ammggx5opufv2bnf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEES7Jt9u9GbmlWADAi64mZXMKQwqkFAml3NJ8ACgkQ64mZXMKQ wqloKw/+NrYvekthRF8XVDn12GYPoqNcL7pjuGEFpbG2IINMnBP9u6k90C9I6wjh 4ttHyrx57XIxTh7IO0JBIOhxXmUEPMmMroBq+NqK4muVI2W11PCrSfY+lk2aSaOh wcYt39QkTLOH8Qao06RiswGu0MXS61fDSynk9L4JtwzI6ufEhWj1ngupQ5gxwSCi iWB1mvDBQKRshN1nqGWAGAAzRqHm1daBR+z/tqukBElWiG6LzFIwP0A+cFI8ivS+ tGAqIfMoprYvFShe+cE7ZIcULGb9Lzx0LKEsynJa9hc80ysUft5ljlWgqIFQ2AfJ KXwCuBeYf5QKsjGStNV9Qbmo25E5wtzCMDIfOACLm08HrEY60Y4Vk/fAe4ZFP4Yx e5ueP/ykGf4fXsX8CXKoy44HA+2+T9GUWugka9T8i5XC3cWdhCq/aanRAn1Tt80M BPJrFMdUj2ArW7ZRzkiG7bx73i0X7xElwvK70F+k0Lh1HCrtqgl6d8dFasrl+CEd yjCgf7deVnSb/9PWU6NcZIfxl0ZdhQCNzFSIKjhKwZYb283L8u2MrY23O6PbRTe2 mqowwbOWJRi0xkSCindoqKaWXRrBDN4qz7w/3T5TJ8doS1yP/JxiW4hoH3hErog9 GY4m5fU7h2Ux7OwVuG7Y/Bi3Ks2igY4/sVVTbBD/8P4XX3IeyHo= =5O0T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ammggx5opufv2bnf--