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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printf support for DFP values
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:11:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u1wbar4fv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1193879919.4994.2.camel@localhost> (message from Luis Machado on 	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:18:39 -0300)

> From: Luis Machado <luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:18:39 -0300
> 
> How does this manual entry look? I tried to make it clear, but if i
> missed something please let me know.

It's okay, modulo the following problems:

> +Printf also supports conversion specifications for DFP (Decimal Floating Point)
> +types using the following conversion letters:

"Printf" is a name of a command, so please use @code{Printf}.

Also, when you first introduce a term, such as DFP, it is good to put
it in @dfn{}, as in @dfn{Decimal Floating Point}, so that it stands
out.

> +Printing DFP types with the conversion letters seen before works as
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +the example:

"with the above conversion letters" is better.

Also, I'd rephrase this:

 Here's an example of printing DFP types using the above conversion
 letters:

Other than that, the patch for the manual is fine.  Thanks.


  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-01  4:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-27  6:25 Luis Machado
2007-10-27 12:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-10-29 15:03   ` Luis Machado
2007-10-29 20:12     ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-10-29 20:19       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-10-30  4:20         ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-10-30  4:39           ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-10-30 18:19             ` Luis Machado
2007-10-30 20:58               ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-01  1:18                 ` Luis Machado
2007-11-01  4:11                   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2007-11-01 10:21                     ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-01 12:02                       ` Luis Machado
2007-11-02 12:05                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-01 15:34                   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-11-01 16:00                     ` Luis Machado
2007-11-02 12:07                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-05 11:35                         ` Luis Machado

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