Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] adjtimex.2, clone.2, mprotect.2, open.2, syscall.2, regex.3: ffix, wfix

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Hi Branden,

On 4/20/23 20:42, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2023-04-20T15:03:24+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> BTW, another thing you might find useful is this:
>>
>> $ cat ~/.config/git/attributes 
>> *.[1-8]* diff=man
>>
>>
>> And then in your .gitconfig:
>>
>> [diff "man"]
>> 	xfuncname = "^\\.S[SH] .*$"
> 
> Nice trick!  How on Earth have I been living without this?

I don't remember how I found this obscure git(1) configuration.  I
think I was reviewing some patch at work and the hunk was complete
garbage, and we pulled some threads...  Itchy and Scratchy :)

> 
>> You may want to use a regex that also works for mdoc(7).
> 
> I reckon you could sweep up mdoc(7) pages as well with:
> 
> 	xfuncname = "^\\.S[HShs] .*$"

Already fixed(:

<http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/alx/config.git/commit/?id=4e772e3e3fe0785d773cf702b115dfc3d20d90d5>

> 
>>>>  .BR ntp_adjtime ()
>>>>  are equivalent but differently named.)
>>>>  It is a bit mask containing a
>>>> -.RI bitwise- or
>>>> +bitwise OR
>>>>  combination of zero or more of the following bits:
> 
> Discussion of Boolean-algebraic operations is common enough among
> programmers that it might be a good idea to settle on a specific style
> recommendation for typesetting them.
> 
> I think either quotation (e.g., \[lq]or\[rq]) or shouting capitals (OR)
> are tolerable, the latter only because the few operators commonly
> mentioned have very short names (you don't see EQUIVALENCE much).

I'm used to seeing uppercase OR, AND, NAND, XOR, and similar names in
Electronics.  I'll vote for that.

> 
> I would counsel against changing the type face for them (i.e., no bold,
> no italics).
> 
> Regards,
> Branden

Cheers,
Alex

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