From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-14.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D5FBC433E0 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:43:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D550764FB5 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233249AbhCJTnC (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:43:02 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:43252 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233861AbhCJTme (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:42:34 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-x32c.google.com (mail-wm1-x32c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32c]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C73CC061761 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:42:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm1-x32c.google.com with SMTP id y124-20020a1c32820000b029010c93864955so11816516wmy.5 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:42:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hKnCFodoQfUqCihLAGsk1yRNsI0U51uzYsY8PpQdwm4=; b=DqWLpDAgrr8NajmVpwmgu5lBh3VK7gQU+Y9OwNKldYDXQM2sKcJFcjRp8qGwuHMZeZ 0xlwMHL+VPo+TQXlGZnHbJdrxKqPe0YMOZwz1GZ2icDa+p1lKeBZs5mGNAKb6yIWNDDl dHeLEKl5Rb4ChDPXokvJ5K1Ru0wXfWS/VZ4OZDUuZHa+2BHKnFkP8WFF6bv9EC8afhG4 mliQ9WMIhJLF0o8/HWTnpmjZou69PLCdKWTTzLPLFE8baVIWrTcIpDqi7EhNTmhqPisB WCrUFzfHy/LPHR7smySCCe43Hms/HtF0gkdxK/PBnkzU4lmaWPhyVCWM3FM5xSVlkXeK WCfg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hKnCFodoQfUqCihLAGsk1yRNsI0U51uzYsY8PpQdwm4=; b=ZeKMnFibVX/ZYzSgPaNWNmE52jSORx+R+tRoybY0Fso7IEkOuvIYoqMvhekp5oByz/ a1J482GtmG24DINQXNL0t98p6iiMlO+AJLeltJke9uLD7TsQyBdtY64e56mqSlFNLzNJ 7wrNXIwSDPCpP/H6NERKT7EFwuwZtnWNLc3ehHaiF+PDe3oantxRh0coVYJN4VyCb6yb 0lAfz1ONQpBz8aU/U4vCViS+bG0TB4rmBrblxZu2nvEKqiedXgcRtmVWXf/HBnlANg+4 PZ/VhcOQg2fSG00U88s0w49ompTavlPgK0VHGtXHadZfZsqcVeHZqGJGm/PhuTLmNtNL tl2w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5323HOPXnelnW3dWgtuFYEv7O0dJnP8I4CAxXG3kIH1+qMrTXX80 xPHJaCbsSptd+SjaHh9n3qk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxMl3ELzVUy89s9ge1LD0KOGag/6a504E7eNvnMjBksGr1SfwMYEaDE0I6Tz6h92nGWmdcKKw== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:cb90:: with SMTP id m16mr4859088wmi.162.1615405353464; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:42:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.143] ([170.253.51.130]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j11sm364293wrm.13.2021.03.10.11.42.32 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:42:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [patch] printf.3: Add overall structure of format string To: Utkarsh Singh , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, mtk.manpages@gmail.com References: <8735x66oz5.fsf@gmail.com> From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" Message-ID: Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:42:32 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8735x66oz5.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi Utkarsh, On 3/8/21 9:15 AM, Utkarsh Singh wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for creating and maintaining Linux man-pages project. > > Can we add a small syntax structure for format string in printf(3) > manual. I personally find if easier to remember and scan. This has > been taken from OpenBSD printf(3) manual. Great patch! Thanks for the patch and for pointing to the source! I applied the patch with some minor tweaks, and signed it on your behalf. See . I prefer .nf/.fi so that it doesn't use a monospace font (it's not actual code) in PDF/HTML version. Like we have in the synopsis. Thanks, Alex > > diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3 > index fa6564426..69ff29316 100644 > --- a/man3/printf.3 > +++ b/man3/printf.3 > @@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ an optional > and an optional > .IR "length modifier" . > .PP > +Overall syntax of format string is: > +.PP > +.in +4n > +.EX > +%[$][flags][width][.precision][length modifier]conversion > +.EE > +.PP > The arguments must correspond properly (after type promotion) with the > conversion specifier. > By default, the arguments are used in the order > -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/