Re: Issue in man page charsets.7

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Hi Helge,

On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 03:07:30PM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello Alejandro,
> Am Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 03:47:27PM +0100 schrieb Alejandro Colomar:
> > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:46:25AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > > Without further ado, the following was found:
> > > 
> > > Issue:    (it) is \\[aq]/\\[aq]s correct (the final s is a english plural s)
> > 
> > Would you mind clarifying the report?  I don't understand it.  Thanks!
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Alex
> > 
> > > 
> > > "Note that UTF-8 is self-synchronizing: 10xxxxxx is a tail, any other byte is "
> > > "the head of a code.  Note that the only way ASCII bytes occur in a UTF-8 "
> > > "stream, is as themselves.  In particular, there are no embedded NULs "
> > > "(\\[aq]\\[rs]0\\[aq]) or \\[aq]/\\[aq]s that form part of some larger code."
> 
> As I understand it, the reporter is wondering if the "s" after \\[aq]/\\[aq] 
> is correct. For the (\\[aq]\\[rs]0\\[aq]) there is no (plural) "s" and

The '\0' is in a parenthetical, but '/'s has the plural like NULs.
Let's keep it like that.  :)

Cheers,
Alex

> here grammar (which probably dictates a plural s) and clarity are a
> little in conflict.
> 
> Greetings
> 
>       Helge
> 
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