Re: [PATCH] printf.3: ffix

[Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

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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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