Matt Swift: > >> On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:10:43 -0500, Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > C> Those are not shell variables; they're special parameters. The man > page > C> and info file make the distinction clear. > > I understood the distinction before I wrote the report. And I > understood it only because I experimented and thought carefully, after > the manual proved insufficient to explain the behavior I was noticing. > > Since you disagree that these concepts are unclear in the manual, I > will try to make a stronger case, though I'm less interested in > convincing anyone that I am so correct than I am in trying to help > improve the documentation. When I get further time, I'll try to > provide some concrete suggestions on revisions. But my first steps > need to be clarification of the intended behaviors and analysis of the > causes of the confusion.
that's just an excerpt from Matt's last comment at http://bugs.debian.org/168276. In the meantime, the manual and the manpage did change in 3.0. Matt, could you have a look, if the current manual does address your concerns, and/or work on "concrete suggestions on revisions". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
