From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
To: Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init-if-undefined command
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:59:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8f2776cb0511292141t2f9711a2l9633236db737e67b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <437B3E56.3080306@st.com>
On 11/16/05, Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com> wrote:
> + printf_unfiltered ("usage: init-if-undefined $<var> = <expr>\n");
Provide a full English sentence here, not a traditional Unix "usage:" thingy.
> + printf_unfiltered ("First parameter to init-if-undefined should be a GDB variable\n");
This should be a full sentence, with a preceding "The" and a period.
> + add_com ("init-if-undefined", class_vars, init_if_undefined_command, _("\
> +init-if-undefined <var> = <expr>\n\
> +Ensure that an internal variable exists and set it to\n\
> +a given value if it does not."));
Use upper case for syntactic metavariables, like VAR and EXPR, not
<angle brackets>. Refer to the metavariables in the doc string:
"Ensure that VAR ... and set it to the value of EXPR", etc.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-30 5:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-16 14:58 Andrew STUBBS
2005-11-16 20:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-16 20:09 ` Joel Brobecker
2005-11-17 1:19 ` Jim Blandy
[not found] ` <8f2776cb0511161507j33208ae1k1e0753b72b992c73@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <20051116233326.GZ1635@adacore.com>
[not found] ` <8f2776cb0511161602wb469964xdd904aab0d70d2a6@mail.gmail.com>
2005-11-17 3:45 ` Joel Brobecker
2005-11-17 4:47 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-11-30 1:58 ` Andrew STUBBS
2005-11-30 13:59 ` Jim Blandy [this message]
2005-11-30 20:28 ` Andrew STUBBS
2005-11-30 21:20 ` Jim Blandy
2005-11-30 23:01 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
[not found] ` <8f2776cb0511301501t4eb7bb50w484427fd892f5a58@mail.gmail.com>
2005-12-01 11:55 ` Andrew STUBBS
2005-12-01 17:32 ` Andrew STUBBS
2005-12-01 23:38 ` Jim Blandy
2005-12-02 10:44 ` Andrew STUBBS
2005-12-02 10:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-02 11:18 ` Andrew STUBBS
2005-12-01 22:50 ` Jim Blandy
2005-12-02 13:05 ` Andrew STUBBS
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