On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 10:02:12PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Hi Jeremie,
>
> Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote on Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 07:18:54PM +0100:
>
> > I hit this while reviewing a recent diff:
> >
> > ritchie /usr/src/usr.sbin/ospf6d$ mandoc -Tlint ospf6d.conf.5
> > mandoc: ospf6d.conf.5:211:5: STYLE: typo in section name: \
> > Sh AREAS instead of CAVEATS
> >
> > which is a false positive. The distance between "AREAS" and "CAVEATS"
> > is 3, maybe it's a bit much to warn about possible typos?
>
> If people feel it is too noisy, we can reduce
>
> const int maxdist = 3;
>
i don;t feel it's too noisy. i know what jca means about "possible
typos" being a step too far, but in this case mdoclint, and now mandoc,
do catch errors that are very easy to make. think ERROR vs ERRORS. it
helps.
i think the wording tweak proposed by jeremie is a good compromise.
jmc
> in mdoc_validate.c, similar() to 2. We currently have eight false
> positives of this message in base, which i considered acceptable
> when tuning the parameter. The grand total of all mandoc warnings
> and style suggestions in base currently is a bit above 4000; of
> course, most of that comes from third-party software we include in
> base.
>
> > While I don't think this is a big deal, here's a possible tweak to
> > make the message less assertive.
>
> OK schwarze@
> Ingo
>
>
> > Index: mandoc.1
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /d/cvs/src/usr.bin/mandoc/mandoc.1,v
> > retrieving revision 1.143
> > diff -u -p -r1.143 mandoc.1
> > --- mandoc.1 7 Sep 2017 14:22:58 -0000 1.143
> > +++ mandoc.1 10 Nov 2017 18:12:57 -0000
> > @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ A single manual page contains two copies
> > the same operating system.
> > Consider deleting the later instance and moving the first one up
> > to the top of the page.
> > -.It Sy "typo in section name"
> > +.It Sy "possible typo in section name"
> > .Pq mdoc
> > Fuzzy string matching revealed that the argument of an
> > .Ic \&Sh
> > Index: mandoc.h
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /d/cvs/src/usr.bin/mandoc/mandoc.h,v
> > retrieving revision 1.187
> > diff -u -p -r1.187 mandoc.h
> > --- mandoc.h 8 Jul 2017 14:51:01 -0000 1.187
> > +++ mandoc.h 10 Nov 2017 18:12:57 -0000
> > @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ enum mandocerr {
> > MANDOCERR_DATE_LEGACY, /* legacy man(7) date format: Dd ... */
> > MANDOCERR_TITLE_CASE, /* lower case character in document title */
> > MANDOCERR_RCS_REP, /* duplicate RCS id: ... */
> > - MANDOCERR_SEC_TYPO, /* typo in section name: Sh ... */
> > + MANDOCERR_SEC_TYPO, /* possible typo in section name: Sh ... */
> > MANDOCERR_ARG_QUOTE, /* unterminated quoted argument */
> > MANDOCERR_MACRO_USELESS, /* useless macro: macro */
> > MANDOCERR_BX, /* consider using OS macro: macro */
> > Index: read.c
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /d/cvs/src/usr.bin/mandoc/read.c,v
> > retrieving revision 1.164
> > diff -u -p -r1.164 read.c
> > --- read.c 20 Jul 2017 14:36:32 -0000 1.164
> > +++ read.c 10 Nov 2017 18:12:57 -0000
> > @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const char * const mandocerrs[MAN
> > "legacy man(7) date format",
> > "lower case character in document title",
> > "duplicate RCS id",
> > - "typo in section name",
> > + "possible typo in section name",
> > "unterminated quoted argument",
> > "useless macro",
> > "consider using OS macro",
>