Pádraig Brady writes:
> Thanks for all the input.
> I've now pushed the following to address this:
>
> https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=f60a3981c
>
> Notes:
> - Brevity in --help and man pages is a feature
> - I kept the existing NOTE: style in --help to avoid a
On 10/22/21 16:21, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Thanks for all the input.
> I've now pushed the following to address this:
>
> https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=f60a3981c
>
> Notes:
> - Brevity in --help and man pages is a feature
> - I kept the existing NOTE: style in
On 21/10/2021 21:54, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 10/21/21 15:14, Florent Flament wrote:
Pádraig Brady writes:
+NOTE: printf(1) is a preferred alternative, with more standard option
handling.\
I believe that it misses the point. It is still not clear that the echo
command doesn't behave as
Bernhard Voelker writes:
> On 10/21/21 15:14, Florent Flament wrote:
>> NOTE: printf(1) is a preferred alternative, which doesn't share echo's
>> inability to handle edge cases.
>
> I'm not sure that just mentioning "edge cases" will remind people either
> that they are falling into such
On 10/21/21 15:14, Florent Flament wrote:
> Pádraig Brady writes:
>> +NOTE: printf(1) is a preferred alternative, with more standard option
>> handling.\
> I believe that it misses the point. It is still not clear that the echo
> command doesn't behave as one would expect for a few edge cases.
Pádraig Brady writes:
> BTW the env var is POSIXLY_CORRECT, not STRICTLY_POSIX.
Nice catch !
> Anyway I don't think we should mention that in the man page anyway.
> I'll push the attached later, which just says printf(1) is preferred.
I think the man page should warn users about possible bad
On 20/10/2021 22:50, Florent Flament wrote:
* src/echo.c (usage): Document edge cases when displaying arbitrary
strings with the echo command.
---
src/echo.c | 8
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/echo.c b/src/echo.c
index 18513398a..73b44660b 100644
--- a/src/echo.c
* src/echo.c (usage): Document edge cases when displaying arbitrary
strings with the echo command.
---
src/echo.c | 8
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/echo.c b/src/echo.c
index 18513398a..73b44660b 100644
--- a/src/echo.c
+++ b/src/echo.c
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ If -e is
