bug#29069: bug#31043: [PATCH] changed presentation in 'File permissions' in 'numeric, modes'

2018-04-13 Thread Paul Eggert
On 04/11/2018 05:44 AM, kalle wrote: I don't even know if this methodology of encoding information (I mean "symbolical notation rwx for owner = symbolical notation rwx = symbolical notation 111= interpreting 111 numerically in binary = transforming to numerical octal 7") is just used in this

bug#29069: bug#31043: [PATCH] changed presentation in 'File permissions' in 'numeric, modes'

2018-04-11 Thread kalle
Am 04.04.2018 um 00:10 schrieb Paul Eggert: > On 04/03/2018 12:29 PM, kalle wrote: >> >> But what do you think of my teaching concept, to try to explain why a >> `7' in `755' means =4+2+1=111=rwx="rwx for owner", which is assumed as >> self-evident or intuitive in both the original text and your

bug#29069: bug#31043: [PATCH] changed presentation in 'File permissions' in 'numeric, modes'

2018-04-03 Thread Paul Eggert
On 04/03/2018 12:29 PM, kalle wrote: But what do you think of my teaching concept, to try to explain why a `7' in `755' means =4+2+1=111=rwx="rwx for owner", which is assumed as self-evident or intuitive in both the original text and your patch? I think it's out of place in the coreutils

bug#29069: bug#31043: [PATCH] changed presentation in 'File permissions' in 'numeric, modes'

2018-04-03 Thread kalle
hello, Am 03.04.2018 um 17:45 schrieb Paul Eggert: > Thanks for mentioning the problem. so you see a problem there too? However, I found the proposed rewrite > to be more confusing than the original. It may me that my way of building sentences is quite amendable. I'm not a native english

bug#29069: bug#31043: [PATCH] changed presentation in 'File permissions' in 'numeric, modes'

2018-04-03 Thread Paul Eggert
Thanks for mentioning the problem. However, I found the proposed rewrite to be more confusing than the original. I think part of the problem is that this is not really the place to explain octal notation; any reader who doesn't know octal before reading the manual is not likely to understand