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 6BAF31DA628 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:01:05 +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=1770040865; cv=none; b=ozcw4H7NUTE0NX5iTmjG/tDCx0AaoV2m0Oif6YfBySAaK+TXH2OEY9D0uNGckRA/des5Mc5ylZ+532j+bOjKZKj80rvK3KMCvDxqE51fwW4zd1IoievNFwfJgogjFqFhEgyUfugpoMt4xuUHp1hwXgrDrM4aDl1/EMP7wFr9xyY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770040865; c=relaxed/simple; bh=syk2EXvWOEkYvkoXSSCK7UujKOYtoEEPKPJuO6BhEm8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=BMt9WN3kAamCHF6e/nMLx1b8AVALkjRmq9bc7sfAzV1W/75XtQTlUsxLEObQIaM287GquSfPfDHk/6uLCw8N5DL/Xipl5a8Oe38aUWINfvJjE5ake7hnG+YXeqR9k9mJiXUpf6dENH1pxO9vNLO/N3L/q+qGbo3BgLMaz3iNX/4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=VIIk203s; 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="VIIk203s" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6832AC116C6; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:01:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1770040865; bh=syk2EXvWOEkYvkoXSSCK7UujKOYtoEEPKPJuO6BhEm8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=VIIk203svO9NBbLaoKmP6w4BydsjqiXGT8dlmdPFGxVT152+G+EC7hB+TQ8KeQu2f 25eOcZNMVE2AZ2WBeaJY0c4/3ZoJZZYwyLO+KpBXIPiVWsohJTxKw5XryXUej+sTf0 yr1doDFJbMglt7kxyH+ovZivnlFLXjLMa/Svb13Dw4ZutIZkhz2Rz8QZV5RUuThVGr AOg1/K2yAMTe3+V2wLCcfLhNxYUW8ltStz6blmSZITXOONzJq3pdV4DUHqM4BMFxD3 qaj7b7cckZgTB6yPoSNfcsLKzpt49A3uTIk4Iv5tRLvlECjT7QHXwNyBN+VuTj3hY2 Ps5eNfoCp1k4w== Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:01:02 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Thorsten Glaser Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] man/man2/syscall.2: fix numbering for notes Message-ID: References: <7b1b7c56-ad07-40b7-5387-08a4b60e3078@b1-systems.de> 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="pjgskfw4dattgyaz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --pjgskfw4dattgyaz Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: Thorsten Glaser Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] man/man2/syscall.2: fix numbering for notes Message-ID: References: <7b1b7c56-ad07-40b7-5387-08a4b60e3078@b1-systems.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: On 2026-02-02T14:43:19+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi Thorsten, >=20 > On 2026-02-02T12:39:00+0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > > Hi, > >=20 > > the table refers to numbered notes, but the notes just have > > bullets. The attached patch fixes that. >=20 > 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 >=20 > See man-pages(7): >=20 > Lists > There are different kinds of lists: >=20 > 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: >=20 > 0 When it represents fields of a C data struc=E2=80=90 > ture, to be consistent with arrays. > 1 When it represents fields of a file, to be > consistent with tools like cut(1). >=20 > Alternatives list > ... > Bullet lists > ... > Numbered notes > Not really a list, but the syntax is identical to > "positional lists". >=20 > There should always be exactly 2 spaces between the list > symbol and the elements. This doesn=E2=80=99t apply to "tagged > paragraphs", which use the default indentation rules. >=20 > Have a lovely day! > Alex >=20 > >=20 > > bye, > > //Thorsten (with $dayjob hat) >=20 > :-) >=20 > --=20 > --=20 --pjgskfw4dattgyaz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEES7Jt9u9GbmlWADAi64mZXMKQwqkFAmmArh0ACgkQ64mZXMKQ wqn88Q//QEtt+ez5QWZ2+hkIt1p2KGXG+SP5wYFDVGtbGbZSTiLkcaRY2R6BAVX8 atHC42z4WUf+nde5uRiPg6PFL81HvqeqN0GbHCQKIl9e7dmcF+5iIHEVC76oVqAI u895Cn81XPh078yvvV9Wu2QPqFq16zvcCEH8zzzoLU27Upy8f86x3Ht5lzRgoLCZ IPCeZ0XpWlmfYI5ZewFumGWuipR3rmFJVTfOFO882jNBFPPy0wbFzu8o7kEAjWvN y28/tdIG88ffq3RvAM8GpvEqlMV0J3YCJOA1ZE6WW5anjKl69xwjXscr3uqXy5BL 8FV27PHRmZ7eQssFwYj6ECyY7i8wmtDUUr+l6JVxrHHkcdrEEwvFOqv+OfquBxjr 1fE8LR5t9MRf3ktEt9Y6+pquMaPfMW3pKb753QyLRChhkOMDFY6KmG02vmbprEA/ AhEkq8cJs26qHI5pJQn/kLiOiGqHQKW6WtU3nr/WKV82iUa+NUZMZoDd19CNs+ZZ I/cgg3vvtAW7wqrqTk0hYzYmEHkwwVTwJSS5BqyiUrZcJzObADUITrfu6Vkhtgi5 UvRZHPBKm4+Wtv/ffrYhb0V/2MblM9jeMmZXjCWuIjX+0Z4VKxzcwNdHbi/Y6T5o mwXEKCn0lkC05NtqOMQjyQcvTxyOCZWfGvD/IA5MDhisicQJAfs= =aBY4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pjgskfw4dattgyaz--