Hi Alex, On 9/23/20 3:17 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Hi Michael, > > On 2020-09-23 10:36, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> [Thorsten, I have removed you from the CC because I get persistent >> bounce messages whenever I send you mail. Hopefully you see this reply >> via the list.] > > Me too :( > >> While I'm pretty sure they would allow this without problem, I'm >> wondering if it's worth the effort. Ideally, we'd have text written by >> someone in their own words. Reproducing the text of the standard has >> limited value, since people can in any case consult the standard >> directly. >> >> Alex, how about we just go much simpler, saying something like: >> >> [[ >> This type represents floating-point status flags; for further details >> see fenv(3). >> ]] > > Nice and simple. > > Thanks, > > Alex Thanks! Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > man7/system_data_types.7 | 17 ++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7 > index 4352d6a6e..ea3e25175 100644 > --- a/man7/system_data_types.7 > +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7 > @@ -110,7 +110,22 @@ Conforming to: C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later. > .IP > See also: > .BR fenv (3) > -.\"------------------------------------- gid_t ----------------------/ > +.\"------------------------------------- fexcept_t --------------------/ > +.TP > +.I fexcept_t > +.IP > +Include: > +.IR <fenv.h> . > +.IP > +This type represents the floating-point status flags collectively; > +for further details see > +.BR fenv (3). > +.IP > +Conforming to: C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later. > +.IP > +See also: > +.BR fenv (3) > +.\"------------------------------------- gid_t ------------------------/ > .TP > .I gid_t > .IP > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
