Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-16 Thread Sebastien Peterson-Boudreau
> Hi Sebastian, > > I'm sorry it's taken a while to follow up with you. No worries. It's a small and (somewhat) insignificant patch. I figured someone would see it eventually, and even if they didn't, hopefully anyone running into the issue I was facing would be able to find my post when Google-in

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-16 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2025-02-16T18:52:49-0400, Sebastien Peterson-Boudreau wrote: > > Hi Sebastian, > > > > I'm sorry it's taken a while to follow up with you. > No worries. It's a small and (somewhat) insignificant patch. I figured > someone would see it eventually, and even if they didn't, hopefully > anyone runn

[off-topic] game theory and macroeconomics (was: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage)

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2025-02-16T04:37:46+0100, onf wrote: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOvAbjfJ0x0 > > Take note that (IIRC) the conclusion of research surrounding the > Prisoner's Dilemma has been that the best strategy is to reciprocate, > but also sometimes forgive. Yes. The conclusion of the video, IIR

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-02-16T04:19:20+0100, onf wrote: > > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > With the quotation marks, it seemed to lie toward the "mind-reading" > > > end of the speculative continuum. > > > > Tha

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2025-02-16T04:19:20+0100, onf wrote: > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2025-02-16T03:50:30+0100, onf wrote: > > > Seems like you are assuming bad faith where there is none. I was > > > not trying to characterize your train of thought. > > > > With the quotat

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
Hi Branden, On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-02-16T03:50:30+0100, onf wrote: > > Seems like you are assuming bad faith where there is none. I was not > > trying to characterize your train of thought. > > With the quotation marks, it seemed to lie toward the

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-02-16T02:44:12+0100, onf wrote: > > Seems like you found yourself in a familiar situation: > > "This under-documented code seems stupid. Was the person who wrote it > > really that stupid, or am I missing something?" > > Pr

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi onf, At 2025-02-16T03:50:30+0100, onf wrote: > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2025-02-16T02:44:12+0100, onf wrote: > > > Seems like you found yourself in a familiar situation: > > > "This under-documented code seems stupid. Was the person who > > > wrote

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM CET, onf wrote: > > [The GNU pic(1) page unfortunately is one of our "diff" pages (like eqn(1)) > > [...] > > [...] > Then there is also eqn(1): I can't read...

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2025-02-16T02:44:12+0100, onf wrote: > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2025-01-29T00:57:19-0400, sebastien peterson boudreau wrote: > > > The quotes for `i'th and `i+1'th are very important because the > > > parser will reject input that uses two right/neutr

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread onf
On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-01-29T00:57:19-0400, sebastien peterson boudreau wrote: > > The quotes for `i'th and `i+1'th are very important because the parser > > will reject input that uses two right/neutral quotes/apostrophes. > > You're right! Back i

Re: [PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-02-15 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Sebastian, I'm sorry it's taken a while to follow up with you. At 2025-01-29T00:57:19-0400, sebastien peterson boudreau wrote: > The quotes for `i'th and `i+1'th are very important because the parser > will reject input that uses two right/neutral quotes/apostrophes. You're right! Back in No

[PATCH] Correct quotes in pic(1) manpage

2025-01-28 Thread sebastien peterson boudreau
The quotes for `i'th and `i+1'th are very important because the parser will reject input that uses two right/neutral quotes/apostrophes. The double quotes \[lq] and \[rq] were also adjusted as it looked like a mistake. --- src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 de