Re: [PATCH 3/3] Documentation changes for the new zhexadecimal format

Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-06T15:36:16Z

> Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 10:56:32 -0300
> From: Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
> CC: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
>
> On 05/01/2015 12:07 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> From: Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 11:32:38 -0300
> >>
> >> This patch updates the documentation to reflect the addition of the new
> >> zhexadecimal format option for -var-set-format and also adds a NEWS entry
> >> for the change.
> >
> > OK, but should we perhaps explain what zhexadecimal means? I didn't
> > know about it until I read this patch.
>
> I'm not too sure where that explanation should go.

It should be near the first use of this term.

> What about 'zero-padded-hexadecimal'? Too long?

Yes, and I don't think we should go to such extremes. Just explaining
the term the first time it is used in the manual should be OK.