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| -rw-r--r-- | src/seq.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ usage (int status) else { (void) printf (_("\ -Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FROM [INCR]] TO\n\ +Usage: %s [OPTION]... [START [INCREMENT]] LIMIT\n\ "), program_name); (void) printf (_("\ \n\ @@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FROM [INCR]] TO\n\ --version output version information and exit\n\ -w, --equal-width equalize width by padding with leading zeroes\n\ \n\ - FROM, INCR, TO are interpreted as floating point. INCR should be > 0 if\n\ - FROM is smaller than TO and vice versa. When given, the FORMAT argument\n\ - must contain exactly one of the float output formats %%e, %%f, or %%g.\n\ + START, INCREMENT, and LIMIT are interpreted as floating point values.\n\ + INCREMENT should be positive if START is smaller than LIMIT and negative\n\ + otherwise. When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of\n\ + the printf-style, floating point output formats %%e, %%f, or %%g.\n\ ")); } exit (status); @@ -395,7 +396,8 @@ print_numbers (const char *format_str) if (step >= 0) { error (0, 0, - _("when FROM is larger than TO, INCR must be negative")); + _("when the starting value is larger than the limit,\n\ +the increment must be negative")); usage (1); /* NOTREACHED */ } @@ -419,7 +421,8 @@ print_numbers (const char *format_str) if (step <= 0) { error (0, 0, - _("when FROM is smaller than TO, INCR must be positive")); + _("when the starting value is smaller than the limit,\n\ +the increment must be positive")); usage (1); /* NOTREACHED */ } |