From 058f602aeb035c011464dff98167c5693b26a76f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:09:16 +0000 Subject: Reword so as not to exclude the possibility that INCREMENT be zero. --- src/seq.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/seq.c b/src/seq.c index 45b029bb5..0394c35e3 100644 --- a/src/seq.c +++ b/src/seq.c @@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INCREMENT.\n\ fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); fputs (_("\ \n\ -If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1.\n\ +If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1. That is, an\n\ +omitted INCREMENT defaults to 1 even when LAST is smaller than FIRST.\n \ FIRST, INCREMENT, and LAST are interpreted as floating point values.\n\ -INCREMENT should be positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and negative\n\ -otherwise. When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of\n\ +INCREMENT is usually positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and\n\ +INCREMENT is usually negative if FIRST is greater than LAST.\n\ +When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of\n\ the printf-style, floating point output formats %e, %f, %g\n\ "), stdout); printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2