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2004-07-02.Jim Meyering
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2004-07-02(Common options, Target directory, cp invocation,Jim Meyering
install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Add -t as a short option for --target-directory, and -T as a short option for --no-target-directory. Clean up relevant synopses a bit, so that the language is similar for all.
2004-07-02.Jim Meyering
2004-07-02Put the right amount of space at sentence ends.Jim Meyering
Make sure "i.e." and "e.g." are followed by commas (the GNU style). Put blank lines before and after every @example, prefer the previous line to end in ":" (when not a sentence end, for consistency), and prepend @noindent to the following line when appropriate. In examples, use "--" arguments when needed to prevent undesired interpretation of operands as options. Use "file name" rather than "filename", as per the GNU coding standards. Remove unwanted spaces before @footnote. Use "---" when appropriate, instead of " -- ". Use "name" (or something like that) rather than "path" or "pathname", since the GNU coding standards don't allow "path". Use @acronym, @command, @minus{}, @samp in a few places, where appropriate. (Target directory): Clarify description of example. (fmt invocation): Give issue number for reference, and reword for clarity. (sort invocation): Note that xargs without -0 also mishandles file names containing some special characters other than newline. (Translating): Mention that \012 is not universally portable. Use '\0' rather than '\000'. (Squeezing): bourne -> Bourne. Fix unportable usage of '\n' by replacing it with '[\n*]'. (More details about version sort): Remove unnecessary indent in examples. (dd invocation): Use 'kill -s USR1', not 'kill -USR1', as POSIX indicates that the former is more portable (the latter is an XSI extension). (shred invocation): Use @uref rather than @url, and use a more-typical style for the date. (kill invocation): Clarify usage; for example, "kill -s TERM -1" isn't allowed. (seq invocation): Reword to avoid implying that printf necessarily fails for numbers outside the 32-bit range. Prefer separating options from their operands. (Opening the software toolbox): Give an online reference to Robbins's article, and give a date. Don't imply that the current documentation is unchanged from his article. (Putting the tools together): Rework examples so that they don't assume the C locale; nowadays many users now operate outside the C locale by default. While we're at it, don't assume ASCII either. Indent example to match actual output from GNU uniq. Remove some unnecessary and confusing brackets from 'tr' operands. "Software Tools in Pascal" is back in print, according to Amazon anyway. Add references to Kernighan's online copies of examples.
2004-07-02*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-07-02Fail upon use of @url. Use @uref instead.Jim Meyering
2004-07-02*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-07-02(check-texinfo): Fail if a @footnote directive follows non-punctuation.Jim Meyering
2004-07-02(check-texinfo): Disallow `filename' in .texi files.Jim Meyering
2004-06-30*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-06-30Standardize on "file system" ratherJim Meyering
than "filesystem", as POSIX prefers it with a space.
2004-06-30(Common options, Target directory, cpJim Meyering
invocation, install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise. (link invocation): Explain how to rewrite link using ln now that we have --no-target-directory. (ln invocation): Explain that --no-target-directory subsumes --no-dereference. (unlink invocation): Modify wording to match new wording in link invocation.
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2004-06-29*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-06-29(install invocation): Document --target-directory in synopsis, too.Jim Meyering
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2004-06-17(yes invocation): "--" is now supported.Jim Meyering
(false invocation, true invocation): --help and --version now work unconditionally.
2004-06-15Remove special cases for POSIXLY_CORRECT when POSIX allows the GNU behavior.Jim Meyering
(pr invocation, unlink invocation): Document this.
2004-06-08.Jim Meyering
2004-06-08.Jim Meyering
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2004-06-07Remove menu references to just-removed subsection.Jim Meyering
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2004-06-06(tr invocation): Remove the section describingJim Meyering
how POSIXLY_CORRECT changes tr's behavior.
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2004-06-02(cut invocation): Clarify what --output-delimiter=STRJim Meyering
does with byte/character ranges.
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2004-06-02(tr invocation): Mention -C.Jim Meyering
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2004-06-01Add some index references for POSIXLY_CORRECT.Jim Meyering
(echo invocation): Document today's changes.
2004-06-01.Jim Meyering
2004-05-29.Jim Meyering
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2004-05-17chgrp and chown now dereference symlinks by default, per POSIX.Jim Meyering
(chgrp invocation, chown invocation): Document it.
2004-05-14*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-05-14(sort invocation): Document that "sort -m -o F"Jim Meyering
might write F before reading all the input.
2004-05-09.Jim Meyering
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2004-05-09(check-texinfo): grep -w IOJim Meyering
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2004-05-09(stat invocation): Change IO to I/O.Jim Meyering
2004-04-26.Jim Meyering
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2004-04-26(sort invocation): Mention -k earlier, soJim Meyering
that the options are in alphabetical order. Describe how -b works more-accurately; this involves fixing some examples, too. Mention what happens if the start field falls after an end field or after a line end. Warn about using -k without -b, -g, -M, -n, or -t. Add an example of how to sort IPv4 addresses and Apache Common Log Format dates. Remove a duplicate example. (Putting the tools together): Use separate options rather than agglomerating them.
2004-04-19.Jim Meyering
2004-04-14.Jim Meyering
2004-04-12.Jim Meyering
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