Re: [PATCH] man/man2/syscall.2: fix numbering for notes

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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On 2026-02-02T14:43:19+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 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.

BTW, sorry that I forgot to amend one line.  I pushed a fix-up.

Cheers,
Alex

> 
> 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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