Re: man sed(1) diff

2021-09-05 Thread Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri
On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 02:01:37PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hello, > > i see where Ian's confusion is coming from, even though arguably, > the existing text is accurate. But it is not a good idea to insert > exceptions as parenthetic remarks in the middle of an enumeration > of steps that

Re: man sed(1) diff

2021-09-05 Thread Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri
On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 09:51:44AM +0100, ropers wrote: > I. > > Not to engage in pointless bikeshedding, but I find this clearer and > --if I understand things correctly-- also more technically accurate: > > Index: sed.1 > === >

Re: man sed(1) diff

2021-09-05 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hello, i see where Ian's confusion is coming from, even though arguably, the existing text is accurate. But it is not a good idea to insert exceptions as parenthetic remarks in the middle of an enumeration of steps that is already somewhat long and complicated. I think it is better to explain

man sed(1) diff

2021-09-05 Thread ropers
I. Not to engage in pointless bikeshedding, but I find this clearer and --if I understand things correctly-- also more technically accurate: Index: sed.1 === RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/sed/sed.1,v retrieving revision 1.60 diff -C8