From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH: gdb/mi + doco] -var-update
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:27:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01c51d07$Blat.v2.4$9760b080@zahav.net.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16929.33581.229739.602592@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (message from Nick Roberts on Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:22:05 +1300)
> From: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:22:05 +1300
> Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
>
> > If @var{print-values} is 1 or @code{--with-values}, also prints
> > their values.
> >
> > And similarly in the other hunk where @var{print-values} is
> > mentioned.
>
> Clearly this reads much better, but will the reader realise that print-values
> is optional? The use of square brackets is explained but this is right at the
> beginning of the section on GDB/MI.
I think the use of [this] for optional parts is sufficiently
widespread in computer-related documentation, for this to be quite
clear.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-27 20:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-20 2:06 Nick Roberts
2005-02-20 5:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-02-20 5:51 ` Nick Roberts
2005-02-20 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-02-21 4:33 ` Nick Roberts
2005-02-21 7:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-02-22 9:23 ` Nick Roberts
2005-02-22 9:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-02-27 5:03 ` Nick Roberts
2005-02-27 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-02-27 16:56 ` Nick Roberts
2005-02-28 12:27 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2005-03-19 3:55 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-01 1:51 ` Bob Rossi
2005-04-01 11:01 ` Nick Roberts
2005-05-02 2:06 ` Nick Roberts
2005-05-02 4:05 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-05-02 7:24 ` Nick Roberts
2005-06-17 3:43 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-06-17 10:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-17 14:04 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-06-18 8:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-03 19:56 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-07-04 3:07 ` Nick Roberts
2005-07-04 3:51 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-07-04 4:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-04 5:02 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-07-04 10:17 ` Nick Roberts
2005-07-06 10:00 ` Nick Roberts
2005-07-15 1:44 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-07-15 3:59 ` Nick Roberts
2005-07-15 4:16 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-07-15 15:11 ` Nick Roberts
2005-07-15 15:28 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-07-15 22:37 ` Nick Roberts
2005-07-04 21:15 ` Nick Roberts
2005-07-04 22:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-05 3:25 ` Nick Roberts
2005-07-05 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-15 9:42 ` Nick Roberts
2005-06-17 11:42 ` Nick Roberts
2005-06-17 14:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-06-17 23:12 ` Nick Roberts
2005-02-21 2:36 ` Andrew Cagney
2005-02-21 3:28 ` Nick Roberts
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