From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22637 invoked by alias); 1 Nov 2007 04:11:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 22628 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Nov 2007 04:11:02 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (HELO nitzan.inter.net.il) (213.8.233.22) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:11:00 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-254-154.inter.net.il [84.229.254.154]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id IEX23397 (AUTH halo1); Thu, 1 Nov 2007 06:08:07 +0200 (IST) Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:11:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <1193879919.4994.2.camel@localhost> (message from Luis Machado on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:18:39 -0300) Subject: Re: [PATCH] printf support for DFP values Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <1193449497.6950.22.camel@localhost> <1193669215.4800.10.camel@localhost> <20071029201252.GA21583@caradoc.them.org> <1193753649.4283.5.camel@localhost> <1193879919.4994.2.camel@localhost> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-11/txt/msg00002.txt.bz2 > From: Luis Machado > 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.