The clarifications are worthwhile though a little verbose. comments below..
[email protected] wrote: > --- > doc/coreutils.texi | 12 +++++++++--- > 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi > index 49aa16d..020dc51 100644 > --- a/doc/coreutils.texi > +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi > @@ -11919,6 +11919,8 @@ Enable RTS/CTS flow control. n...@acronym{posix}. > May be negated. > @subsection Input settings > > @cindex input settings > +These arguments specify input-related operations, i.e., bytes sent > +from your terminal to the computer are affected by them. How about: These settings control operations on data received from the terminal. > > @table @samp > @item ignbrk > @@ -11991,7 +11993,9 @@ empty again. May be negated. > @opindex iuclc > @cindex uppercase, translating to lowercase > Translate uppercase characters to lowercase. n...@acronym{posix}. May be > -negated. > +negated. (Note no ilcuc is currently implemented, probably because one > +would not be able to use any more Unix commands, which are almost all > +lower case, after invoking it.) How about: Note no ilcuc is implemented, as one would not be able to issue almost any (lowercase) Unix command, after invoking it. > > @item ixany > @opindex ixany > @@ -12010,7 +12014,8 @@ when the input buffer is full. n...@acronym{posix}. > May be negated. > @subsection Output settings > > @cindex output settings > -These arguments specify output-related operations. > +These arguments specify output-related operations, i.e., bytes sent > +from the computer to your terminal are affected by them. How about: These settings control operations on data sent to the terminal. > > @table @samp > @item opost > @@ -12021,7 +12026,7 @@ Postprocess output. May be negated. > @opindex olcuc > @cindex lowercase, translating to output > Translate lowercase characters to uppercase. n...@acronym{posix}. May be > -negated. > +negated. (Note no ouclc is currently implemented.) > > @item ocrnl > @opindex ocrnl > @@ -12274,6 +12279,7 @@ as @code{tab3}. > @opindex lcase > @opindex LCASE > Same as @code{xcase iuclc olcuc}. n...@acronym{posix}. May be negated. > +(Note no ucase has been implemented.) How about just saying: (Used for terminals with uppercase characters only.) thanks for persevering with this, Pádraig. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
