On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 10:26:10PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > tags 268121 fixed-upstream > thanks, > > Justin, > > The final version of this page will appear in 2.33. > Just a few more details to fix. > > > > I'm inclined to take this page, after fixing aa few small things. > > > > > > A few comments: > > > > > > > \fIresponse\fP should be a \fBNULL\fP-terminated string containing a > > > > > > Please: "null terminated" (NULL and '\0' are NOT the same thing.) > > Good point; I still like the hyphen, though. > > Agreed -- it was actually just a typo in my email -- the man page > has the hyphen. > > > > > .SH BUGS > > > > The \fBrpmatch\fP() implementation looks at only the first character > > > > of \fIresponse\fP. As a consequence, "nyes" returns 0, and the > > > > following all return 1: > > > > .RS > > > > .sp > > > > \*(lqyno, never; not in a million years\*(rq > > > > .br > > > > .TP > > > > \*(lqyover my dead body\*(rq > > > > .br > > > > .TP > > > > \*(lqywhenever hell freezes over\*(rq > > > > .sp > > > > .RE > > > > > > My humour filter is hesitating over this for a moment... > > :) puleeaaase???? ... edit at will. > > I'll shrink it a little. > > > > > It would be preferrable to accept parse input strings much more > > > > strictly, for example: \fBm/^y(es?)$/i\fP and \fBm/^n(o?)$/i\fP. > > > > > > What is the notation "m/^y(es?)$/i" -- why not just "/^y(es?)$/". > > The /i has meaning, since "YES" is accepted; I don't much care about > > the leading "m" though. > > Sorry, I wasn't precise. What do 'm' and 'i' *mean* here. And > what man page explains the notation. It comes from perl, which probably stole it from sed:
man perlop |sed -rne '\#^ +m/.*/#,\#^ +[a-z]/#p' man sed |perl -ne 'print if /^ +\\c/ .. /^$/' Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
