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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pr.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ utilities, e.g. sort or cut. - Same as SunOS does. - With multicolumn output two conflicting POSIX requirements exist: - First 'default n-separator is TAB', second `output text columns shall - be of equal width'. Moreover POSIX specifies the number+separator a + First "default n-separator is TAB", second "output text columns shall + be of equal width". Moreover POSIX specifies the number+separator a part of the column, together with '-COLUMN' and '-a -COLUMN'. (With -m output the number shall occupy each line only once. Exactly the same situation as single column output exists.) @@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ PAGE_WIDTH may occur. The interference of the POSIX-compliant small letter options -w and -s: - ('interference' means `setting a _separator_ with -s switches off the + ("interference" means "setting a _separator_ with -s switches off the column structure and the default - not generally - page_width, - acts on -w option') + acts on -w option") options: text form / separator: equivalent new options: -w l -s[x] -------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ is always printed with single column output only. The TAB-width varies with the TAB-position, e.g. with the left margin specified by -o option. - With multicolumn output priority is given to `equal width - of output columns' (a POSIX specification). The TAB-width + With multicolumn output priority is given to "equal width + of output columns" (a POSIX specification). The TAB-width is fixed to the value of the 1st column and does not change with different values of left margin. That means a fixed number of spaces is always printed in the place of |